Art Quotes
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We take art, and I love all that. But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.
Elle Fanning
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Aristotle
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I'm very interested in the idea of unusual museums, ones that are not necessarily contemporary art museums - more like historical collections or house museums.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
Octavio Paz
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I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.
Jay Kay Jamiroquai
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Art class was my thing, but not any other class.
Dan Colen
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The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
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The fragile art of existenceIs kept alive by sheer persistenceThe fragile art of existence.No time for self-pityNo time for dwelling on what should have beenBut is yet to be.
Chuck Schuldiner
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
Rabindranath Tagore
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The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
Pablo Picasso
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Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
Pablo Picasso
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Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
Yiannis Chryssomallis
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The art of leadership is not to spend your time measuring, evaluating. It's all about selecting the person. And if you believe you selected the right person, then you give that person the freedom, the authority, the delegation to innovate and to lead with some very simple measure.
Pierre Nanterme
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I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.
John Mayall
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No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.
Karen DeCrow
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
Harold Coffin
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Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.
David Seabury
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I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it a good art piece or a bad art piece? Of course, if you're female, you're maybe dealing with different issues.
Marina Abramovic
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Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, or else for those resolute dead-enders, who have made up their minds to be content with the ersatz of Suchness, with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.
Aldous Huxley
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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.
Seth Godin
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I don't like to treat a piece of clothing like an object of art because I don't consider myself an artist. I'm a designer.
Frida Giannini
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Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.
Salman Rushdie
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I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.
Xavier Dolan
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
D. W. Griffith