Thirty Years and Five Minutes 30年和5分鐘

A rich Paris banker begged a well-known artist to do a little thing for his album1. The artist did the little thing and asked a million francs.

“Why, it only took you five minutes to do it,” said the banker.

“Yes,” replied the artist, “but it took me thirty years to learn how to do it in five minutes.”

一位很富有的巴黎銀行家懇求一位著名的畫(huà)家為自己畫(huà)一張小畫(huà)。畫(huà)家畫(huà)完之后，向他收取一百萬(wàn)法郎的報(bào)酬。

“為什么?你僅用了5分鐘的時(shí)間。”銀行家說(shuō)。

“是的，”畫(huà)家回答，“可是我用了30年的時(shí)間才學(xué)到這5分鐘里所做的事。”