Flaubert said that "to read is to live".
Those famous painters liked to paint women and men who read books, and in their minds, reading was a daily thing, like eating and drinking tea.
One tomorrow jumps into yesterday, day after day, only the world of books is very different.
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov
Russian realist painter
Throughout his life
He loves it all
Read by candlelight
He often used his hands
Skimming the candle flame,
So he was convinced
He's alive
He's alive.
Since his death,
He was by his side
Leave a candle that burns,
But he hid his hand.
--Supevière
Candle Flame
(Translated by Rollo)
Brazi
Russian painter
Any book in the world,
None of them will bring you happiness.
But books will quietly educate you,
Let you be yourself.
--Hermann Hesse
The Book of Arias
George Groz
German painter
You have been reading for many months as an adult,
Accumulated knowledge that could not be used in nine lifetimes.
You really don't need much.
In your heart
Always knew this.
In Egypt, the god of knowledge
With a baboon head.
--Olaf S. H. Hauge
"The End"
Giovanni Giacometti
Swiss painter
You have to feel the moment of flight
It must be like opening a book of heresy
Open yourself: Face everything there...
What I'm saying is a must, there's nothing to be vague about
Must make some moment of life
Endure and remember
A few things experienced in the dark
The flesh must have a downward look
There must be enough spare time
Keep some kind of distance from life:
Like the wings of a goshawk
It can be felt even in the TV picture
It's rising strongly
It puts a kind of hunger
Brought to heights close to heaven
And precisely because
The existence of heaven became a question
So I said yes
- Zang Di
The Other Side of Freedom
Vanessa Bell
British Female Painter
In such an era, the wise are not silent,
Just suffocated by the endless cacophony.
So I retreated to books that no one read.
The words of the two strategists were heard by the public.
One shouted day and night: "Buy! ”
The other is more insightful,
He said, "Sell, sell your tranquility." ”
—R.S. Thomas
Time
(Translated by Wang Zuoliang)
Ferdinand Hodler
How can I forget these books,
One day, as not so long ago, it appeared in my hazy consciousness.
We were still children who didn't know the sky was high.
Everything is bright in our eyes...
And now there is both tranquility and shadow in my heart.
The era of tooth and tooth language is over.
The five years that flew by were like five centuries.
- Bryusov
"For the Poetry Collection "Russian Iconography Poets"
(Translated by Zhang Bing)
Emile Frient
French painter
Why did I fly with the book for so long?
We found it cool and quiet,
No one is seen.
There are books under your feet,
Flying is never alone!
--Reinhardt Letau
Flying in the Book
Norman Rockwell
American painter
There is one way to wake up this morning
Strong impulses,
Want to lie in bed all day
study.
Struggled with it for a little while.
Then look out the window at the rain.
Throw away the idea.
Will be complete
Immerse yourself in this rainy morning.
Will you repeat your past life?
Make those same unforgivable mistakes?
Yes, just a little chance.
yes.
—Raymond Carver
"Rain"
(Translated by Shu Dandan)
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