Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
藝術(shù)不是反映現(xiàn)實(shí)的鏡子,而是塑造現(xiàn)實(shí)的錘子。
The function of the artist is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
藝術(shù)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(zhì)疑問(wèn)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(quán)力的最常見方式是認(rèn)為自己沒(méi)有任何權(quán)力。
The function of art is to do more than tell you what you already know.
藝術(shù)的功能不僅僅是告訴你已經(jīng)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(gè)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(lái)會(huì)發(fā)生什么。
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.
藝術(shù)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(shù)是一種思考活著意味著什么的方式。