Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public．Not only does he want “to say it well，but be wants it to be something，which has not been said before．He hopes the public will listen and understand he wants to teach them，and he wants them to learn from him．
What visual（视觉的）artists，like painters，want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain，because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors，not words．They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors，out of the countless billions possible，is exceptionally interesting for them and worth Showing to us．Without their Work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors，or have felt the delight that they brought to the artist．
Most artists take their Shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion（动作）and response；their choices indicate（说明）that these aspects（方面）of the world are worth looking at，that they contain beautiful sights Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern，and that there is nothing more in it．Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects．
If one painter chooses to paint a broken leg and another a lake in moonlight，each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world．Each painter is telling us something，showing us something，emphasizing（强调）something-all of which means that，consciously（有意识地）or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us．
1．According to the passage，all artist is always trying to_______________
A．show his talents to the public B．express something new to the public
C．create something extremely beautiful D．attract us with shapes and colors
2．It is implied that_________．
A．we owe the artists a great deal
B．we can never thank the artists enough for their works
C．artists’ work should be praised world wide
D．we should be grateful（感激的）to the artists for their work
3．From this passage we learn that_____________________
A．paintings are more meaningful than novels’
B．painters are expressive than writers
C．we should be more interested in painting than in writing
D．there is always something more in an artist’s work beyond shapes and colors