I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.

  • -- Benjamin Banneker 班纳克

我是非洲人,我的肤色是他们天生的最深沉的颜色;这是一种对宇宙最高统治者最深切的感激之情。

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I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I have a subject in front of me and I start flooding colour and making marks, I don't know, it's improvisation isn't it?

我不知道它会变成什么样子。如果我已经知道结果的话,画画就没有多大意义了。我面前有一门课,我开始涂颜色,做记号,我不知道,这是即兴创作,不是吗?

I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour.

我已经接受了三年左右的透析治疗,新的肾脏让我感觉像是一种解脱,一种生命的新礼物。我感觉自己又活过来了,我想这对我的色彩运用产生了影响。

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.

哦,只要我活着,要做生活的主宰,而不是奴隶,要像一个强大的征服者那样迎接生活,任何外在的东西都不能控制我。

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

感恩是买不到的东西之一。它必须是人类与生俱来的,否则世界上所有的义务都无法创造它。

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

一个明智的统治者决不应该守信,因为这样做会损害他的利益。

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

带着一颗有翼的心在黎明醒来,感谢又一个充满爱的日子。