Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
艺术不是反映现实的镜子，而是塑造现实的锤子。
The function of the artist is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.
艺术家的功能是扰乱舒适者，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败是不忠于自己所知道的最好。
What’s really important is to question the questions.
真正重要的是质疑问题本身。
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
人们放弃权力的最常见方式是认为自己没有任何权力。
The function of art is to do more than tell you what you already know.
艺术的功能不仅仅是告诉你已经知道的东西。
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history.
消灭一个民族的第一步是抹去它的记忆。摧毁它的书籍、文化和历史。
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
唯一使生活成为可能的是永久、难以忍受的不确定性；不知道接下来会发生什么。
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.
艺术家的角色是让革命变得不可抗拒。
Art is a way of thinking about what it means to be alive.
艺术是一种思考活着意味着什么的方式。