Art Quotes
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I went to an art high school in Washington D.C., and I majored in visual art. When I started there, I was horrible - couldn't draw, couldn't sketch, couldn't do anything. I remember at one point I came to terms with the fact that I had to work my ass off to do well and that's exactly what I did. I drew and drew and drew, and it worked - I ended up getting the award for best artist and went on to apply to design school because I loved it so much. I think it really speaks to the idea that you can in fact excel at whatever you put your mind and your heart to.
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Korean people, including me, want to go faster and faster - in music, in fashion, in art, too.
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I liked to explore different arts. But when I started acting, I knew this was the medium I want to be in for the rest of my life. Stories onscreen affect me the most.
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Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.
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Without freedom there is no art.
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I do think that art that doesn't communicate is useless.
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When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short not easy. That means you must determine if the route is worth the effort. If it's not, dream bigger.
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But oh the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone and never must return!
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The story might sound like common gossip when told by another person, but in the mouth of a storyteller, gossip was art.
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The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.
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Art comes into being in that abstract interval between a thought and reality, and no one - not even the artist who created it - can remeasure the influences that caused it.
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Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.
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The most joyous painting is not done for the art world, it is done for the inner world.
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Songwriting is a very frustrating art form. You have to get on tape exactly what's playing inside your head...
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The art of the possible.
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When I did The Umbrella Academy, I studied Gabriel Bá's art. I said, "Oh, this is what he likes to do here. Maybe I can push him to do a little more of this." You can play to those strengths. It's a different scenario with each artist.
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There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists.
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I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time.
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I don't know what I am on set. I can be many different things on set depending on how stressful a situation is. But at the end of the day we're making movies, we're not saving the world... we're not an army, no one's lives are at risk and we're just trying to make art, so I think as long as you keep reminding yourself that's what it's about you can have fun.
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For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art.
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Rome used to have good public art in ancient times. There is nothing like West of Rome in Italy.
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In Europe they understand that the arts are incredibly important both culturally and economically.
