Verified Source: Winston Churchill — "Do not turn the superior eye…"

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こうした努力に対して、批判的な受動性という上から目線のまなざしを向けてはならない……。私たちは野心を抱いてはならない。傑作を目指すことはできない。絵の具箱の中での気晴らしの乗り物遊びで満足していればよいのである。

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Churchill, Painting as a Pastime

Translations

“Envisage—an unpleasant and overworked word.”

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