Famous Quotes: Art

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
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The artist himself is actually the subject in everything after, say, 1900. Eventually, art becomes so removed from the community that you have to know about the artist before you can even look at the painting, because there is a conceptual idea going on.
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All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
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Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective.
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.
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Art is never finished, only abandoned.
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People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.
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Anyone who relishes art should love the extraordinary diversity and psychic magic of our art galleries. There's likely more combined square footage for the showing of art on one New York block - West 24th Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues - than in all of Amsterdam's or Hamburg's galleries.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.
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It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
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Early-twentieth-century abstraction is art's version of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. It's the idea that changed everything everywhere: quickly, decisively, for good.
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Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.
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I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.
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Art is science made clear.
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Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists.
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Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.
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