The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work.

艺术作品可能有道德效果，但要求艺术家有道德目的，就是让他毁了自己的作品。

The world before us is a postcard, and I imagine the story we are writing on it.

我们面前的世界是一张明信片，我想象着我们正在上面写的故事。

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

今天的世界没有意义，为什么我要画这样的画呢?

The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.

最糟糕的情况是科学开始关注艺术。

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

艺术的青春，就像其他任何事物的青春一样，是它最有趣的时期。当它涉及到善恶的知识时，它会变得更强大，但我们却不那么在意它。

Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.

戏剧是我第一次接触艺术的地方。

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, or second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet's bombast!

有些事情平庸是不能容忍的:诗歌、音乐、绘画、公众的雄辩。听一篇冷冰冰的演讲被人浮夸地大肆抨击，或者听一篇二流的诗歌被人说成全是拙劣诗人的夸夸其谈，这是多么折磨人啊!

There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind.

世界上有各种各样的艺术家，很多时候，我会非常坦率地告诉你，我希望我是一种不同的艺术家。

There are going to be lots of hard times in your life, but those hard times only make you stronger in the end.

生活中会有很多艰难的时刻，但这些艰难的时刻只会让你最终变得更坚强。

There are only two styles of portrait painting, the serious and the smirk.

肖像画只有两种风格，严肃的和傻笑的。

There are only two things worse then an empty canvas: death and taxes.

只有两件事比空白画布更糟糕:死亡和税收。

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun.

有些画家把太阳画成一个黄色的点，但也有些人在他们的艺术和智慧的帮助下，把一个黄色的点画成太阳。

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.

有些情况是艺术无法体面地解决的。

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

还没有任何艺术。艺术才刚刚开始。

There is a time for work. And a time for love. That leaves no other time.

工作是有时间的。爱的时刻。没有其他时间了。