I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.

我立志成为那种对艺术史做出贡献的艺术家。

I simply wanted to state that during this little slice of history, this is what happened and these were the good sides of it, these were the more dangerous sides of it, and this was the result.

我只是想说，在这一小段历史中，发生了这样的事情，这些是好的方面，这些是更危险的方面，这就是结果。

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

我仍然热爱爵士乐的整个历史。旧的东西听起来比以往任何时候都好。

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.

我认为女权主义者没有意识到女性在历史上的巨大作用。

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

我认为如果你有过被迫害的经历，你就必须培养幽默感。

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

我认为这是历史上的第一次战争，第二天，战胜国要求和平，战败国要求无条件投降。

I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage.

我认为在很大程度上，我们是神圣的伙伴，在这个叫做历史的事业中。这是一种持续的关系，而且绝对不能保证事情会自动地向我们最好的方向发展。

I think training in comedy, as it were, a history writing comedy, is a powerful tool for anyone.

我认为喜剧训练，可以说是一部历史写作喜剧，对任何人来说都是一个强大的工具。

I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written.

我认为，如果我们认为诗歌的口述史比诗歌的书面史短，那么我们就是在愚弄自己，实际上是在否定大量的历史。这不是真的。诗歌的口头传统比书面传统更悠久。

I think we're struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles.

我认为我们正在努力重新定义历史上的各种立场。让女性自由，让男性自由，让他们摆脱那些被严格定义的性别角色。

I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it.

我努力说服他们这很重要，但是在这个国家的一些地区，少数族裔投票一直让人感到不舒服，所以大多数人，尤其是老年人必须习惯这种投票方式。

I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history.

我成为了职业球员，并在南非巡回赛上获得了年度最佳新秀奖，然后我在欧洲巡回赛的资格赛学校进行了两次尝试，拿到了我的名片，剩下的都成为了历史。

I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me.

我不想要历史悠久的墓志铭之类的东西。我的贡献。我希望他们会这么说，我希望有人喜欢我。

I want to write for history, not for the moment.

我想为历史而写作，而不是现在。

I wanted to take a stand against what I think was not so well established then but is thoroughly well established now, which is the substitution for a real sense of a country of a hideous distortion which you can sell to the people called 'heritage'.

我想要反对的是，我认为当时不是很成熟，但现在已经完全成熟了，它取代了一个真正意义上的扭曲的国家，你可以把它卖给那些被称为“遗产”的人。