- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art Quotes
Why people make it, and who it's for.
This set of "art" quotes leans toward purpose — one artist frames their work as a way to elevate others, while another argues that art shapes who a person becomes. For quotes on standing out through craft, see Great quotes.
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- Collector
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mum is a big collector of art.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.
- Forever
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- Nov 07, 2020
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the art I have is more on the beautiful side than the violent or disturbing side.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it's taught well, art really is important to kids early on. It helps children develop language and allows them to see themselves in a way that isn't right or wrong, because if they draw an animal with five legs instead of four, nobody's criticizing them for it.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art shouldn't be prohibited in public schools when kids in private schools always get it.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Recycling old buildings to show art is very important.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so lucky in my life, but I'm so unlucky in my abilities. I love art so much, but I'm unable to produce it. I can't even draw a dog that doesn't look like a horse.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cars for me are like a piece of art.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love for my existence as an artist to be completely about my art - not about my social media, or what I do vs what's cool right now, or even whether or not I sound okay in an interview.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really, my biggest risk was just the initial step to quit my day job to do music. I was packaging and shipping for an art gallery in Manhattan; I went to school for painting, so I always wanted to work around artwork, even though I wasn't really contributing anything to the scene.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a very visual person, and I love opening beautiful books on art or design and looking through them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020