The earth without "art" is just "eh".

没有“艺术”的地球只是“呃”。

The educator and the public need to have an opportunity to discuss why certain art is important.

教育工作者和公众需要有机会讨论为什么某些艺术是重要的。

The effect of studying masterpieces is to make me admire and do otherwise.

学习名著的效果是让我欣赏和做其他事情。

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.

艺术的努力是保持存在的乐趣，在永恒中再现它。

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

艺术的敌人是没有限制。

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

所有艺术的本质都是在给予快乐中获得快乐。

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

所有美丽的艺术，所有伟大的艺术的本质，都是感恩。

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.

艺术的本质功能是道德。而是一种热情，含蓄的道德，而不是说教。一种改变血液而不是思想的道德。

The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a surface – transitions that are like music – are intangible in their reaction upon us. There is an immediate sensuous appeal!

在对形式和颜色的沉思中，眼睛和灵魂被爱抚着。表面颜色的微妙变化——就像音乐一样的过渡——在它们对我们的反应中是无形的。有一种直接的感官吸引力!

The film is the first art form capable of demonstrating how matter plays tricks on man.

这部电影是第一种能够展示物质如何捉弄人的艺术形式。

The first duty of the artist is to survive.

艺术家的首要任务是生存。

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

艺术的第一个错误是认为它是严肃的。

The great is seldom a deterrent to the mediocre.

伟人很少能阻吓平庸之辈。

The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain.

生命的伟大目标是感觉——感觉我们存在，即使在痛苦中。

The great paintings are the ones with the most subtle value relationships. The closer you could bring your values and still distinguish between them, the stronger you were as a painter.

伟大的作品是那些有着最微妙的价值关系的作品。你把自己的价值观带得越近，仍然能区分它们，你作为一个画家就越强大。