People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

人们常说我很幸运。只有在正确的时机有机会推销自己时，运气才是最重要的。在那之后，你必须有天赋并且知道如何使用它。

People regard art too highly, and history not enough.

人们对艺术评价过高，对历史评价不足。

People so often loose sight of the magic in life once they understand how it works.

人们一旦了解了生活的神奇之处，往往就会对它视而不见。

People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.

认为艺术是一种投资的人是可悲的。

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

也许一个人受苦是好事。一个艺术家如果快乐，他能做些什么吗?他会想做点什么吗?到底什么是艺术，除了抗议生活中可怕的严酷之外?

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

在艺术和诗歌中，人格是一切。

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

哲学和艺术都是通过想象把看不见的东西变成看得见的东西。

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

照片:没有艺术指导的太阳画的画。

Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel.

照片只要表现出新奇的东西，就会令人震惊。

Photography is an itch that wont go away. No matter how much you scratch it.

摄影是一种挥之不去的痒。不管你怎么刮。

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

图画不能画得太生动。

Pioneers did not produce original works of art, because they were creating original human environments; they did not imagine Utopias because they were shaping them.

拓荒者不创造原创的艺术作品，因为他们创造的是原始的人类环境;他们没有想象乌托邦，因为他们正在塑造乌托邦。

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

投球是灌输恐惧的艺术。

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.

玩挡泥板本身就是一门艺术。他们总是走调。

Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.

诗歌、艺术和知识是神圣而纯洁的。