A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
艺术家
Artist
I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.
我立志成为那种对艺术史做出贡献的艺术家。
No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
没有一个艺术家是超越他的时代的。他是他的时代;只是别人落后了。
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
没有伟大的艺术家能看到事物的本来面目。如果他这样做了，他就不再是艺术家了。
An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
一个知识分子用一种艰难的方式说一件简单的事情。艺术家用一种简单的方式来表达一件困难的事情。
The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators.
艺术家被看作是商品的生产者，就像一个为我们生产冰箱的工厂。
I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.
我一生都在追求卓越的艺术家，这是我一直想做的无论如何。
The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
艺术家的进步是不断的自我牺牲，是个性的不断消亡。
The copyright bargain: a balance between protection for the artist and rights for the consumer.
版权交易:艺术家的保护和消费者的权利之间的平衡。
That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
也就是说，一个创作了大量作品的艺术家可能会经历多产的日子和缓慢的日子。
Once in his lifetime every artist feels the hand of God and creates something that comes alive.
每一位艺术家在他的一生中都能触摸到上帝的手，并创造出一些鲜活的东西。
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.
成为一个封面艺术家并不像成为一个真正的艺术家。那只是抄袭别人的做法。
As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.
作为一个艺术家，你在后台很受保护。你常常不知道外面发生了什么。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
没有艺术家不知道危险，就没有伟大的艺术。
The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
现代艺术家是在与空间和时间打交道，是在表达自己的情感，而不是在做插画。
An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict.
艺术家的早期作品不可避免地由多种倾向和兴趣组成，其中一些是相容的，另一些是冲突的。
I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that's young, happy and fun.
我想成为一个每个人都能感同身受的艺术家，年轻、快乐、有趣。
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
艺术家的报酬不是他的劳动，而是他的远见卓识。
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
每个艺术家都把自己的笔触浸入自己的灵魂，把自己的本性融入自己的画中。