I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

我认为艺术家的定义并不一定与卓越或天赋有关;艺术家是这样的人，如果你剥夺了他们创作艺术的自由，他们就会失去理智。

I think the mystery of art lies in this, that artists’ relationship is essentially with their work — not with power, not with profit, not with themselves, not even with their audience.

我认为艺术的神秘之处在于，艺术家的关系本质上是与他们的作品，而不是权力，不是利润，不是他们自己，甚至不是他们的观众。

I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand.

我想粘土在这个好陶工的手里一定很高兴。

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.

我试着运用颜色，像塑造诗歌的文字，像塑造音乐的音符。

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

我试着给人们一种看待周围环境的不同方式。这对我来说就是艺术。

I view art as an inspirational tool.

我认为艺术是一种鼓舞人心的工具。

I want people to understand that design is so much more than cute chairs that it is first and foremost everything that is around us in our life.

我想让人们明白，设计不仅仅是可爱的椅子，它是我们生活中最重要的东西。

I want to be famous but unknown!

我想出名但不出名!

I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.

我想导演电影，因为我是一个画家和雕塑家，我写了很多东西。

I want to make a difference, I want to make a change, inspire a revolution, to create, reinvent, and rearrange.

我想有所作为，我想有所改变，激发一场革命，去创造、重塑和重新安排。

I want to make something of myself. I believe it’s called a statue.

我想有所成就。我想它叫雕像。

I want to meet a guy named Art. I'd take him to a museum, hang him on the wall, criticize him, and leave.

我想认识一个叫阿特的人。我会带他去博物馆，把他挂在墙上，批评他，然后离开。

I want to never settle for anything less than my soul on paper.

我想永远不要满足于任何东西，除了我的灵魂在纸上。

I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.

我想通过游戏来服务国际象棋，这些书都是艺术作品。我想把这项运动带给世界各地的人们。

I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.

我一直在做东西。虽然我每天都在做艺术，但我从来没有想过我会成为一名艺术家。