Art Quotes
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So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.
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It is probable that both in life and in art the values of a woman are not the values of a man.
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Art and commerce are not irreconciliable, they are inextricably intertwined.
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Anybody who digs your art, you what to share it with.
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I love seeing original cartoons. You get to see the artist's corrections, like erasures or Wite-Out or patches, and you get to see the artist's line in better detail, and what kind of ink they use - whether they like a cold black or a warm black, and what kind of paper they like, how big or small they like to draw - art nerd stuff like that.
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You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry.
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I love an art which allows me to document my place in this mix... This is my past and my future. It has its own logic and finally, its own sense of fulfillment.
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Patience may be a virtue, but quitting is an art.
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I'll force myself to sit down and read a couple of chapters of a great book or I'll force myself to sit and listen to some amazing music or I'll go see a play. I find that watching or experiencing other forms of art gets my brain in action. It makes me feel connected to the creative energies and then that tends to get things going.
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If the paying public demands naturalistic art, then an artist can use his skills to produce such pictures - but these are to be clearly distinguished from the artist's own art.
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Art is not about something, Art is something
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When I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !
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What art should do, I think, is advance the generation into the next era. It should be one step ahead of the ordinary, ahead of what is already known. Art is what pulls on the next age. I’m not saying that my art is that, but that it would be good if it could be.
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I don't think you have to struggle to make good art. I think you have to be passionate to make good art. You have to believe in what you're doing. It just comes from when you lie awake at night.
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The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
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What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about.
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We made an amazing video about Newtown's struggle to figure out what to do with all the letters and art sent to the town.
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I believe in art that conceals art.
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From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation.
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Art is a wound turned into light.
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In so many areas, when you think about it, you never really see an actor cross over to music. It always music to acting and it's receivable because when music gives a form of entertainment of art to where it's very personable, it's a passion, it's an intimate type of art to when you hear it, it's them.
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Art has to be able to match life, to respond to the ever-changing forms of the world, to electrify the audience.
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I hate the idea of street art. With music, I just needed my brain and my voice, which didn't cost anything.
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How do we fight back? By creating art.
