Painting,or art generally,as such,with all its technicalities,difficulties,particular ends,in nothing but a noble and expressive language,invaluable as the vehicle of thought,but by itself nothing.

• 绘画或一般意义上的艺术，就其本身而言，尽管赋予技巧，从事起来困难重重，且结果独特，只不过是一种高贵而富于表现力的语言，作为思想传达的工具极具价值，但自身并无价值。