A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
艺术家
Artist
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
我不是一个有动力的商人，而是一个有动力的艺术家。我从不考虑钱。漂亮的东西能赚钱。
I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.
我是一个饱受折磨的艺术家，除了写歌，我不太愿意沉浸在自怜之中。
Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter,' never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.
每当我填写职位描述时，我都会写上“词曲作者”，而不是“歌手”或“艺术家”。“歌手来来去去。
But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.
但作为骗子的缺点是很难被骗，即使你对自己说谎。
My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime.
作为一名艺术家，我的目标是永远忠于我自己，给我的歌迷们奉献他们将终生享受的音乐。
Every photo shoot, I'm always asking the makeup artist what they're using on me, and I'll go out and get it.
每次拍照的时候，我都会问化妆师他们用什么在我身上，然后我就会去拿。
Once an artist explores the vast variety of tools and features available on the great programs, we're hooked.
一旦一个艺术家探索了各种各样的工具和功能，我们就被吸引住了。
I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.
我希望我所做的事情有艺术内涵，作为一名艺术家，你必须尝试新事物，让自己开心。
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
每一位艺术家在完成一件作品时所感受到的那种小小的不满，就构成了一件新作品的萌芽。
Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.
因为我是独唱歌手，也是歌曲的作者，我想我已经有足够的学分了。
Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.
首先是娱乐。这阻止了我们变得过于自负，或者认为自己是伟大的艺术家。
When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.
当我第一次出来的时候，就像当时的许多艺术家一样，我的声音非常精致，制作过度。
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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。
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
在任何事情上追求完美的艺术家，在任何事情上都无法达到完美。
The function of the artist is to disturb...In a world terrified of change, he preaches revolution--the principle of life...He is the creative spirit working in the soul of man.
艺术家的作用是干扰……在一个惧怕变革的世界里，他宣扬革命——生命的原则……他是人类灵魂中的创造精神。
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。
The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.
艺术家是他的幻想和世界其他地方之间的媒介。
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
每一幅有感情的画像都是艺术家的画像，而不是模特的画像。