All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

所有的艺术作品都是受委托创作的,因为没有一个艺术家可以通过简单的意志行为创作出一件作品,但他必须等到自己认为好的想法出现时再创作。

相关名言

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

我坚信,任何一个人最辉煌的时刻,他所珍视的一切的最大成就,就是当他全身心投入一项伟大的事业,精疲力竭地躺在胜利的战场上的那一刻。

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

哲学的要点是从一些简单到不值得陈述的东西开始,以一些自相矛盾到没有人会相信的东西结束。

I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.

我迫不及待地等着第二天早上太阳升起来,这样我就可以再次回到球场上。

I just can't wait for the future.

我只是不能等待未来。