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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 175
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Students of Art have had to practise self-denial in many ways. Quentin Matsys, having fallen in love with a painter's daughter, and determined to win her. Though but a blacksmith and a farrier, he studied art so diligently, and acquired so much distinction, that his mistress afterwards accepted the painter whom she had before rejected as the blacksmith. Flaxman, however, married his wife before he had acquired any distinction whatever as an artist. He was merely a skilful and promising pupil. When Sir Joshua Reynolds heard of his marriage, he exclaimed, "Flaxman is ruined for an artist!" But it was not so. When Flaxman's wife heard of the remark, she said, "Let us work and economize; I will never have it said that Ann Denbam ruined John Flaxman as an artist." They economized accordingly. To earn money, Flaxman undertook to collect the local rates; and what with art and industry, the patient, hard-working, thrifty couple, after five years of careful saving, set out for Rome together. There Flaxman studied and worked; there he improved his knowledge of art; and there he acquired the reputation of being the first of English sculptors.
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定位：Excerpt 175 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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学艺术的人常常得在方方面面克制自己。昆汀·马西斯爱上一位画家的女儿，决心娶她。他原本只是个铁匠和钉马掌的，却刻苦学画，进步惊人，最后那位姑娘接受了这位画家——而当初她拒绝的正是那个铁匠。弗拉克斯曼则不同，他在还没什么名气时就娶了妻子，当时只是个手艺好、有前途的学生。雷诺兹听说他结婚，惊呼：“弗拉克斯曼当艺术家算完了！”但事实并非如此。弗拉克斯曼的妻子听到这话后说：“咱们努力工作、省吃俭用；我绝不让别人说安·登纳姆毁了约翰·弗拉克斯曼的艺术前程。”他们果真节俭度日。为了挣钱，弗拉克斯曼承接了征收地方税的工作；靠着艺术和勤奋，这对耐心、刻苦、节俭的夫妻五年后攒够了钱，一起去了罗马。在那里，弗拉克斯曼学习、工作，提高了艺术修养，最终赢得了英国第一雕塑家的声誉。
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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》一书中的例子，讨论艺术家如何靠自律和节俭成就事业。
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