世界是一个残酷的地方，艺术是它的复仇。

The writer’s duty is to tell the terrible truth, and it is the reader’s duty to learn from it.

A picture must be grasped at once, as a whole, like a piece of music or a poem.

拍卖是发现价值的强大工具。

「释义」：人要在具体事务中磨炼，才能真正站稳脚跟。