If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally.

如果艺术不能扩大人们的同情心，它在道德上就毫无用处。

If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary.

如果艺术把自己与一个对象联系起来，它就变成描述性的、区分性的、文学性的。

If I didn't choose art, I would have become an astronomer.

如果我不选择艺术，我就会成为一名天文学家。

If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens.

如果我没有开始画画，我就会养鸡了。

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

如果艺术要滋养我们文化的根基，社会必须让艺术家自由地追随他的愿景，无论它把他带到哪里。

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.

如果作为一个自大狂意味着我相信我所做的，相信我的艺术或音乐，那么在这方面，你可以这样称呼我……我相信我所做的，我会说出来。

If cooking becomes an art form rather than a means of providing

如果烹饪成为一种艺术形式而不是提供食物的手段

If creating life is art, then living and dying must be poetry.

如果创造生命是艺术，那么生与死一定是诗歌。

If he could describe it at all, he would be an artist. But if he were an artist, there would be deeper wounds, which he could not describe.

如果他能把它描述出来，他将成为一名艺术家。但如果他是一个艺术家，就会有更深的创伤，他无法描述。

If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art.

如果是艺术，就不是为了所有人;如果是为了所有人，就不是艺术。

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.

要是我们能把大脑拉出来，只用眼睛就好了。

If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured.

如果艺术作品要继续追求存在和世界的愿景，但无论如何，在某种程度上，它不仅仅是堆积如山的杂物的一个对象，我认为，这是必须确保这一点的特定点。

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

如果你是一个男人，要赞美那些尝试伟大事情的人，即使他们失败了。

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

你若是夫子，就当有眼瞎的时候。如果是仆人，有时会失聪。

If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee, but thy own judgement about it. And it is in thy power to wipe out this judgement now.

如果你为任何外在的事物感到痛苦，那么困扰你的不是这个，而是你自己对它的判断。现在就在你的力量中消除这一判断。