Famous Quotes: Art

The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
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Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.
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University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
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The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.
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I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.
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To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.
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You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.
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Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
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Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
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I was going through a little bit of turbulence in my career. And so, it's funny how turbulence itself will make you hold onto something for security. And so the only thing I knew is trust in the Lord and lean not unto your own heart, in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path.
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An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
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Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it. Obviously, it's a challenge - but if you're not taking the bull by the horns, I have no patience for you. You're just taking up space.
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There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher.
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There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
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You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.
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A heart makes a good home for the friend.
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My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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