事业 · 创业者自述

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 131

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

Richard Wilson, when a mere child, indulged himself with tracing figures of men and animals on the walls of his father’s house, with a burnt stick. He first directed his attention to portrait painting; but when in Italy, calling one day at the house of Zucarelli, and growing weary with waiting, he began painting the scene on which his friend’s chamber window looked. When Zucarelli arrived, he was so charmed with the picture, that he asked if Wilson had not studied landscape, to which he replied that he had not. “Then, I advise you,” said the other, “to try; for you are sure of great success.” Wilson adopted the advice, studied and worked hard, and became our first great English landscape painter.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/935
定位:Excerpt 131 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

理查德·威尔逊还是个孩子时,就用烧焦的树枝在父亲房子的墙上画人和动物。他最初专注于肖像画;但在意大利时,有一天他去祖卡雷利家,等得不耐烦,就开始画朋友房间窗外的风景。祖卡雷利回来后被这幅画迷住了,问他是否学过风景画,威尔逊说没有。祖卡雷利说:“那我建议你试试,因为你一定会大获成功。”威尔逊接受了建议,努力学习,成为英国第一位伟大的风景画家。

上下文

斯迈尔斯《自助》中讲述威尔逊偶然发现风景画才能的故事。

今日一问

你是否愿意尝试别人指出的、你尚未发现的才能?

公版作品;原文逐字取自 Project Gutenberg,仅摘录段落并附全书链接。

本文本为公版;底本与原文链接见上。 版权

← 返回原文库