直到我后来读了他的回忆录，才知道被压力重重包围的这些年他是多么艰难，而且他对自己和对我的要求是多么严格。

Until I read his memoir, I had no idea how difficult the pressure-packed years had been for him, or how hard he had been on himself, and me.

youdao

我总是对自己要求很严，有时我想，我自己也没有意识到，我对在这里工作的人要求太严格了。

And I've always been kind of hard on myself, and sometimes I think, just by omission, I'm too hard on the people who work here.

youdao

我不能说其它的艺术家也是这样，但在我自己的作品中，我对自己非常严格并且对作品设定了非常高的要求。

I can't speak for other artists, but in my own work I am very hard on myself and set very high demands of my work.

youdao