他谈论起成为皮草商之前的艺术家生涯，他曾是一位骄傲的犹太人，也是年轻艺术家的朋友，他尽量不去想之后都发生了什么。
He talked of being an artist before becoming a furrier, of being a proud Jew and a friend to young artists. He tried not to think about what was next.
的确，我可能很难向这位年轻的朋友解释清楚为什么我会在五十多岁时停止作画而成为一名艺术批评家，为什么在此期间还做过其他一些与画画无关的事情。
True enough, I might have some difficulty explaining to my young friend why I stopped painting in my early 50s to become an art critic, and why I did a few other things along the way.
当我把这幅画那给我的两位艺术家朋友看时，他们异口同声惊叹说 这幅画画得好极了，并说他们想见一见这位年轻的艺术家。
When I showed it to my two artist friends, they exclaimed in chorus that it was fabulous and said they would like to meet the young artist.
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