William Blake Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
Fernando Botero
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
Kami Garcia
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Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
Pablo Picasso
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I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'
Raekwon
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
Maggie Grace
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
Wendy Carlos
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It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.
Eamon de Valera
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
Salvador Dali
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I feel like now fashion is just part of how I think about everything. When I send out a mood board to our contributors every month about our monthly theme, there are photos from our fashion shows, but there are also film stills and album art.
Tavi Gevinson
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
Sam Taylor-Wood
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Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it.
Walter Pater
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I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
Larry Ellison
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When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
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All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
Adam Jones
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What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.
Wendell Pierce
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Pablo Picasso
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I was always interested in the arts as a child - drawing, painting, and piano - but acting became a favourite. I was a major theatre geek in high school - if I wasn't in the drama room at lunch rehearsing, I'd be in the art room finishing up some type of project.
Laura Mennell
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
Samantha Bee
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Well, I did a harmonica instruction tape for Homespun tapes.
John Sebastian
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No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I’m going to come right back up.
Doris Day
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The Mexico - United States border was always porous. People have been going and coming back since before the Spaniards arrived. Now we're seeing communities who have family members on the other side very frightened. I feel saddened for those families divided by violence. The whole border area is under siege.
Sandra Cisneros
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The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art.
William Blake