I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic structure, an indication of the entire object with a minimum of lines that becomes a symbol. This is common to all languages, all people, all times.

  • -- Keith Haring 基思·哈林

我对人们选择的形状作为他们创造语言的符号很感兴趣。在所有的形式中都有一个基本的结构,用最少的线条表示整个对象,成为一个符号。这对所有的语言、所有的人、所有的时间都是一样的。

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Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.

人类习惯了这样一个事实:有些语言是他一开始不懂的,而且必须学习,但因为艺术主要是视觉的,他希望自己应该立即得到信息,如果他不懂,就很容易被冒犯。

I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model.

我只是觉得他们有时候对自己很没有安全感。我认识所有的女孩,但是我们都工作很多,没有时间一起出去玩。他们都很好;我从来没有遇到过任何型号的问题。

It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with.

就好像所有这些语言都是可用的,尤其是在图像方面。为什么只局限于英语?所有这些语言,各种可能性和概念都是可以交流的。

I can arrange all of these little symbols together to invoke emotions and ideas at a whim out of whosoever allows me to cast my spell. It does not take a man and a woman to create. It just takes a writer.

我可以把所有这些小符号组合在一起,在任何一个允许我施展魔法的人的心血来潮中激发情感和想法。它不需要一个男人和一个女人去创造。只需要一个作家。

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

智人是这样一种物种,他们发明符号来投入激情和权威,然后忘记符号是一种发明。

There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.

对每个人来说,总有那么一个时刻,言辞和理由会变得如此令人厌倦。