Art Quotes
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The art gods cooked up something special for James Ensor.
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I want that every piece of art be honest, never mind what it is about.
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Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God.
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A lot of the vibe in London is being sucked dry because of the economic situation. It's very expensive, and it gives you nothing back. New York still feels like there's stuff going on. People are struggling to create art. There's still a vibe.
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Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
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In the end nobody knows how it's done - how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.
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New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
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Art is something you can't teach, but you can inspire it.
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Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality. To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. We find ourselves in the presence of an abstract art. Art should be above reality, otherwise it would have no value for man.
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The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.
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Art is the activity that exalts and denies simultaneously. 'No artist tolerates reality,' says Nietzsche.
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Art may make a suit of clothes; but nature must produce a man.
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A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.
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It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
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I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
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The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.
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I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.
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Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat the enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine this is the true goal of the art of war. Pleasant as it sounds, it is a fallacy that must be exposed: War is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.
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I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political.
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Glass is the most magical of all materials. It transmits light in a special way...Im pleased that my art appeals to so many people of all ages. As a parent and an artist, Im especially looking forward to leaving a legacy at The Childrens Museum, a place where I hope my work brings joy to children who visit from all over the world.
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Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!
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When I view the world, I don't think of my own work. I think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together.
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I have a fondness for making paintings that go beyond just having a conversation about art for art's sake or having a conversation about art history. I actually really enjoy looking at broader popular culture.
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Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world.
