Art Quotes
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A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
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Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.
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I didn't know this about myself, but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead.
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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
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The composer who is frightened of losing his artistic integrity through contact with a mass audience is no longer aware of the meaning of the word art.
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I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned.
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Art thou the King of the Jews?
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A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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I'm quite a precious painter; my style is a messy fine art - sort of impressionist. I do portraits, I love painting other artists, but recently, I've been playing around with self portraits, putting on different characters.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with ideas, and then other times you're questioning all the ideas you ever had before, and everything is just... lame.
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Politics is the art of the next best.
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In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
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Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
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The appreciation of the merits of art (of the emotions it conveys) depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life, what is seen as good and evil. Good and evil are defined by religions.
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This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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If I'm in the country, my big idea is to do nothing. It means talking, it means cooking with the leftovers in the fridge - l'art d'accommoder les restes - it means gardening.
