阿德里安·派普
觀念藝術的先驅
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
藝術不是反映現實的鏡子，而是塑造現實的錘子。
The function of the artist is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
藝術家的功能是擾亂舒適者，安慰不安者。
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
生活中唯一真正的失敗是不忠于自己所知道的最好。
What’s really important is to question the questions.
真正重要的是質疑問題本身。
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
人們放棄權力的最常見方式是認為自己沒有任何權力。
The function of art is to do more than tell you what you already know.
藝術的功能不僅僅是告訴你已經知道的東西。
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history.
消滅一個民族的第一步是抹去它的記憶。摧毀它的書籍、文化和歷史。
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
唯一使生活成為可能的是永久、難以忍受的不確定性；不知道接下來會發(fā)生什么。
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.
藝術家的角色是讓革命變得不可抗拒。
Art is a way of thinking about what it means to be alive.
藝術是一種思考活著意味著什么的方式。