Art Quotes
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I do believe that one way to bring cultures together, to develop trust between people and countries and religions, is through education. And through music and art and basketball and activities and joys that people share worldwide, regardless of ethnic background or religious orientation.
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In the first place you must study drawing for at least one year; then you must remain with a master at the workshop for the space of six years at least , that you may learn all the parts and members of the art...drawing without intermission on holidays and work-days
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If you want to be an artist, you have to know that art is an ongoing practice, that you're part of a long line. Take this test: if someone offered you a billion dollars, but you could never draw another illustration or write another word, would you take it? If you reject it, you need to find another way to pay the bills, but you're still an artist.
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I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are able to sustain ourselves in spite of ourselves.
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No art ever came out of not risking your neck.
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Photography has the capacity to provide images of man and his environment that are both works of art and moments in history.
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The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.
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Abstract art was the quivalent of poetic expression; I didn’t need to use words,but colors and lines. I didn’t need to belong to a language-oriented culture but to an open form of expression.
Etel Adnan
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Seeing well transforms mere existence into the art of living.
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You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.
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Performance became part of my art in a way - expressing things and emotion.
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All it takes to become an Artist is to start doing Art. By living a life full of Art, we may achieve an Artful life.
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To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting.
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To me, art supplies are always okay to buy.
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Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanity has attained when evolving pure art and pure science. Let us worship the spine and its tingle.
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There are plenty of writers, past and present, from Shakespeare to Henry James to Lydia Davis, who test the limits of coherence and put pressure on current notions of accessible (and acceptable) narrative methods. To thrive and change and grow, any art needs this kind of pressure.
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True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.
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Chemistry: that most excellent child of intellect and art.
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I love art and finding different bits and bobs for the apartment; so, I'm adding all my personal touches to the house.
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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
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To have an extraordinary quality of life you need two skills: the science of achievement (the ability to take anything you envision and make it real) and the art of fulfillment (this allows you to enjoy every moment of it.
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You will think less of the art, when you know the artist...
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I grew up doing farm work, and there's a deep connection between the demands of farming and the demands of art creation. My sense of space and material has a lot to do with having been a chicken-killer and working with cows.
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The Australian Gerald Murnane, a genius on the level of Beckett, is known in Australia and Sweden but almost nowhere else. And I loved Reality Hunger, David Shields' recent novel take on the art of the novel.
