The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.

  • -- Balthus 巴尔蒂斯

绘画艺术实际上已经消失了。几乎没有人真正拥有它。只要看看本世纪的画家就知道了。

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Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.

即使整个大地和大海都变成金子,也无法满足一个女人的贪婪……用指甲刮钻石比用人类的聪明才智让一个女人同意捐出她的积蓄要容易得多。

My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change.

我的腰围越来越小,用裁缝的话来说,甚至连我自己的朋友,或我尊敬的医学顾问,都难以想象,直到我穿上以前的衣服,穿上现在的衣服,这是一个彻底令人信服的证据,证明我发生了显著的变化。

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.

人类区别于其他动物的主要特点是他的谋生手段——他拥有极大地增加这些手段的能力。

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.

我同情几乎所有想要摆脱旧体制的团体。

To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.

脆弱,原始,暴露你的内心,我喜欢这样做。

When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.

当我被某种东西占据时,我就会勇往直前。