Art Quotes
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The art of wealth-getting which consists in household management, on the one hand, has a limit; the unlimited acquisition of wealth is not its business. And therefore, in one point of view, all riches must have a limit; nevertheless, as a matter of fact, we find the opposite to be the case; for all getters of wealth increase their hard coin without limit.
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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
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The hidden child wants to be able to participate and to co-create in art, rather than being simply an admiring viewer.
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Teaching is a sacred profession. And art is a form of teaching.
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My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.
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I want to work in art forever.
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How much the work of an artist owes to an art movement to which he belongs can never be determined exactly, if only because the movement derives its character from the individual creations of its members.
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While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy.
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When there were financial difficulties they still managed to provide us with music and art lessons.
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Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.
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The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors.
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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
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I love the way I make hip-hop and I refuse to make pop-rap. I don't refuse to make mainstream music, which is why I did a soul record. There was no reason why soul music couldn't get played on the radio and I still wanted to have a relationship with my record label. So, I really enjoyed doing the Strickland Banks album. But there's no point in my trying to release underground hip-hop music on a major label. That part of my talent, or part of my art, had to live somewhere else and feature film was the perfect vehicle for it.
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Art and nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another so that the victory is the same stroke and line: that which is conquered, conquers at the same time.
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There is a method to the madness of James Patterson's success. Co-writing with him is a terrific learning experience, particularly in the art of crafting a perfect thriller. The collaboration also gives me an opportunity to access a wider global audience.
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Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is no other.
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In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.
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Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity.
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In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.
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Art is elimination of the unnecessary.
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Art is a way to get strength from something that is life-affirming. It can be quite violent and still be life-affirming.
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I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.
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When I was a kid, I was told rock n' roll wasn't music. It wasn't art. Queen was my proof, my evidence, that these people were wrong - and they meant everything to me.
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It's really an interesting problem, trying to earn a living and serve art and serve kids. What I try to create are these visual layers so that readers feel the possibility exists that there might be something in the book they never saw before.
