Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

艺术无疑是人类幸福中最纯粹和最高的因素之一。它通过眼睛训练思想，而眼睛通过思想训练。正如太阳给花着色一样，艺术也给生活着色。

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.

艺术是非常棘手的，因为它是你为自己所做的。对我来说，创作这些作品比纪念碑或建筑要难得多。

Art is weaker than life - in the end I have a bag of letters to scrabble into order - rune tiles to cast my fate.

艺术比生命更脆弱——最后我有一袋字母要拼成顺序——符文瓦片来铸造我的命运。

Art is what separates us from the animals.

艺术使我们有别于动物。

Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else.

艺术是在你定义了其他一切之后剩下的东西。

Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.

艺术是我早上起床的原因，但我的定义到此为止。你知道，我认为我为一些我甚至无法定义的东西而活是不公平的。

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

艺术毕竟是一种痕迹——就像一个脚印，表明一个人勇敢地、幸福地走着。

Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.

艺术没有极限，艺术家永远不会达到完美。

Art like life is an open secret.

艺术就像生活一样是一个公开的秘密。

Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.

艺术使精神飞扬。当灵魂升起，生命也随之升起。

Art matters.

艺术很重要。

Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.

艺术一开始必须是狭隘的，但最终必须是世界性的。

Art must not serve might.

艺术不能为强权服务。

Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.

艺术必须毫无疑问地具有社会价值;也就是说，作为一种潜在的交流手段，它必须以可理解的语言来解决人类的理解问题。

Art never comes from happiness.

艺术从来不来自幸福。