Art Quotes
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How many are silenced, because in order to get to their art they would have to scream?
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I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
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Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.
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My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they want to be or what they want to do. It's morally useful not in a political way, but it makes your heart bigger; it's emotionally and spiritually empowering.
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The photographer's art is a continuous discovery which requires patience and time.
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One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'.
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I think, a lot of time, when I'm making art, I'm trying to get into a state of childlike play, where I'm not self-conscious; I'm not worried about what the outcome is going to be. I'm just having fun.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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Art is a tool by which society extends its perception.
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
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When movies first came out, maybe they were in black and white and there wasn't any sound and people were saying the theater is still the place to be. But now movies and theater have found their own place in the world. They are each legitimate art forms.
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I can't see the film industry coming to a grinding halt any time soon. I think we may be more open to negotiations and things like that, but I think the art world tends to thrive in times of recession.
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Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.
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I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.
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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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Art is a higher type of knowledge than experience.
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The art of music above all the other arts is the expression of the soul of a nation.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing.
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Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.
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Readers are always surprised to learn that authors have little or no input regarding the cover art for their books.
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The spiritual and emotional aspects of art are perhaps their most important qualities.
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I liked art history. Also liked the gender ratio, especially compared to applied math and physics.
