To paint is to bear witness.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.

出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·刺议》。专己，指刚愎自用。拒绝忠言直谏的人就会闭塞，一意孤释义：行的人就会孤立。治国安邦的人要认真听取别人的意见，不能拒纳谏言、一意孤行。