Art Quotes
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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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If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.
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Art...is the intentional act of using your humanity to create a change in another person...Passion is caring enough about your art that you will do almost anything to give it away, to make it a gift, to change people.
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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'
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Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.
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Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing.
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Art flouts convention. Convention became convention because it works.
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...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?
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Whether it's a pebble in a riverbed or a soaring mountain peak, I see everything in the world as the handiwork of the Lord. When I paint, I try to represent the beauty of God's creation in my art. Many modern painters see the world as a jumble of random lines and shapes with no divine beauty or order, and their works reflect their viewpoint. Because I see God's peacefulness, serenity, and contentment, I work to capture those feelings on the canvas. My vision of God defines my vision of the world.
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I was so absolutely riveted, I felt I was looking into the eyes of the artist. Art just closed the gap of time and space. The 16th century became as real to me as the 20th. It was something magical.
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Human requirements are the inspiration for art.
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The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting.
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Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it.
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Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make.
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I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.
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Whatever God's reasons for such diversity, creativity, and sophistication in the universe, on earth, and in our own bodies, the point of it all is His glory. God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.
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Art is just as comprehensible as science, but in its own terms.
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Art cannot, perhaps, impose order on life—but it teaches us to admire even the unruliest of revelations.
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Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes; it savors arrogancy.
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Directing is a tremendous art.
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I have respect for those who make money at art and do it well and smartly, because that commercial aspect keeps the world going and running, in a sense.
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For me, acting is about the art of it and it's about being on a film set and doing your thing, painting a blank canvas.
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Trouble with women. Can't do any art and be married if you're in love with your wife.
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His rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power.
