A novel is a mirror walking along a main road .( Stendhcl , French writer ) 一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。 (法国作家 司汤达)
Art is a lie that tells the truth .( Picasso , Spanish painter ) 美术是揭示真理的谎言。 (西班牙画家 毕加索)
Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain , American novelist ) 幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美国小说家 马克•吐温)
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet ) 文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人 歌德 . J . W .)
When one loves one's art no service seems too hard. (O.Henry, American novelist)一旦 热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。(美国小说家 欧·享利)
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (P.B.Shelley, British poet)伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱 P B)
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road. (Stendhcl,French writer)一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。(法国作家 司汤达)
A picture is a poem without words. (Horace, ancient Roman poet)一幅画是一首没有文字的诗歌。(古罗马诗人 贺拉斯)
A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. (E.de Goncourt, French writer)诗人是这样的人，他架起通向星星的梯子——一边爬梯子一边拉提琴。(法国作家 龚古尔 E)
A poet is born, not made. (L.A.Florus, Ancient Roman poet)诗人靠天分，不是靠培养。(古罗马诗人 弗洛鲁 L A)
Any one who conducts an argument by appealing to authourity is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. (Da Vinci, Italian painter)一个借着引经据典来辩论的人，不是在运用自己的才智，他是在运用自己的记忆力。(意大利画家 达·芬奇)
