Max Eastman Quotes
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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I've been fortunate to work with partners like Weinstein and John and Art Linson in developing 'Yellowstone' and am grateful that it has found a home in the Paramount Network. The show is both timely and timeless.
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There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
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Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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I was a pretty pretentious kid. I was always making art.
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Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
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Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.
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But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.
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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
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I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.
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If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.
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You move forward through knowledge. You prevail through knowledge. I love the word 'prevail.' Prevail!
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I don't understand why every guy is not a romantic. I enjoy it.
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There is - and always will be - the legacy of chattel slavery in this nation, an obsession with racial and gender differences, but I think that, at its best, this nation is capable of creating standards for itself and reaching towards those standards.
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Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
