William Blake Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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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 was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
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Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
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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.'
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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?
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.
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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.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
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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.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.
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But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.
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I was taught to think outside the box. Before my grandfather was one of the original Mad Men, he and a group of other Air Force Intelligence officers formalized brainstorming as a problem solving technique. He taught the concept that creativity can be taught at Buffalo University. My dad invented toys. My mom was a photographer.
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We used to travel through Alabama a lot and get onto back roads and just marvel at how pretty it was and how nice the people were.
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Heaven's net is very vast. It is sparsely meshed, yet nothing slips through.
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The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art.
