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艺术家
Artists
The artist's task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. If artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.
艺术家的任务是拯救人类的灵魂;在罗马燃烧的时候，任何不足都是一种犹豫。如果艺术家找不到路，那么路就找不到。
Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home.
像巴赫和贝多芬这样的艺术家在山上建立了教堂和寺庙。我只希望……为人们建造住所，让他们感到快乐和自在。
I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.
我认为这种困惑使知识分子和艺术家们自己相信，精英艺术和人文是人类努力的一种更高、更崇高的形式。
Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.
艺术家可以把天空涂成红色，因为他们知道它是蓝色的。我们这些不是艺术家的人必须按照事物的本来面目来着色，否则人们会认为我们很愚蠢。
Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.
乡村音乐爱好者需要为传统艺人购买专辑和音乐会门票，以支持乡村音乐，否则音乐就会消失。那真的很悲哀。
I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in.
我参与了反对酒后驾车的录音艺术家和演员的活动。我也参与了大多数儿童事业，因为儿童无法帮助他们所处的环境。
Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that gets on radio and that opens the door for me to be more edgy, I think.
乡村广播无疑拓宽了我所能做的事情的范围。我想，其他艺术家可能会做一些更前卫的事情，在电台上播出，这为我打开了一扇更前卫的大门。
I'm always in awe of people who are artists in their fields - people who understand that simply by taking ideas and translating them into reality, they've created value in the world.
我总是对那些在他们的领域里是艺术家的人感到敬畏——他们明白，只要把想法转化为现实，他们就能在这个世界上创造价值。
Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!
艺术家并不总是知道。几乎我录制的每首歌都是宣传人员挑选的热门专业，我不认为它会受到欢迎。我每次都错了!
I didn't realize how much harm I was doing back then and I think a lot of rap artists probably don't realize it now. I said a lot of stuff fooling around back then, and I saw it do a lot of harm.
我当时没有意识到自己造成了多大的伤害，我想很多说唱歌手现在可能也没有意识到这一点。那时候我说了很多胡言乱语，我看到了它的危害。
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women.
有一种观点认为，经济衰退对女性艺术家来说是好事，因为当钱从窗户飞出去时，女性就被允许呆在家里。另一种观点认为，当金钱减少时，女性的前景也会随之下降。
You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center, you can be left so empty and void.
你会看到很多才华横溢的艺术家最终过着悲伤、空虚的生活。这个行业从你身上拿走了太多，如果没有责任，没有上帝在中心，你就会变得如此空虚。
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There's no question that many more women artists are showing worldwide now than they were when I was a young woman, and that's really great.
毫无疑问，现在在世界范围内展出的女艺术家比我年轻时多得多，这真的很棒。
Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby.
伟大的艺术家铺路;好的老师和好的伙伴可以指出他们。但没有免费的午餐，宝贝。
Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.
世俗艺术家用表演来看待自己;他们更关注自我，更具表现性。
Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.
甚至米开朗基罗也因建造西斯廷教堂而获得报酬。对于那些说他们是出于对艺术的热爱才这么做的艺术家，我要说:现实点。
The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments.
事实上，我们还没有真正弄清楚艺术家如何在现代大众社会中茁壮成长。我们都是实验。
Artists thrive on suffering.
艺术家以受苦为乐。