A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
绘画
Painting
Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
绘画是无穷乐趣的源泉，但也有极大的痛苦。
In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false.
在绘画中，你必须用虚假来表现真实。
I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.
我没有停止画画——我只是添加了另一种媒介。
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.
绘画有自己的生命，它来自画家的灵魂。
Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
画画在你不知道怎么画的时候很容易，但是当你知道怎么画的时候就很难了。
The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
今天的世界没有意义，为什么我要画这样的画呢?
Rock & roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting.
摇滚乐并不晦涩难懂，它真的很容易理解。我的画也是。
If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.
如果没有人敢冒险，米开朗基罗就会画西斯廷教堂的地板。
I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world.
我认为如果一幅画是真实的，那么它就更像真实的世界。
Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.
画画真是太难了——你总以为你已经掌握了，其实你还没有。
Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues.
绘画、雕塑和建筑都已完成，但艺术习惯仍在继续。
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
谁能正确地看到人脸:摄影师，镜子，还是画家?
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They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.
他们应该像画金翅雀那样把画家的眼睛挖出来，这样他们才能唱得更好。
When the painting is hanging on your wall for a long time, you don't notice it. You get tired of it, even if it's a Picasso. When the next generation inherits the painting, they sell it. I don't want to be sold.
当这幅画挂在你的墙上很长时间，你不会注意到它。你会厌倦它，即使它是毕加索的作品。当下一代继承这幅画时，他们就把它卖掉。我不想被出卖。
Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.
有些人喜欢画树。我喜欢画爱情。我发现它比画树更有意义。
Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind.
直接从自然中绘画是困难的，因为事物不会一成不变;照相机有助于在你的头脑中记住这张照片。
There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.
只有一件事是真实的:立即画出你所看到的。当你拥有了它，你就拥有了它。当你没有，你重新开始。其余的都是骗人的。
A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape.
一幅画对你就像一串珍珠对猿猴一样重要。