- People
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people of Texas are rightly proud of their own, just like the French and the Italians, but visiting artists have often been given a shot in the history of art.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is I; science is we.
- People
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People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
- Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apparently, Agent Coulson is a representative or an avatar of all the geeks. And there is so much love for Coulson and fan art of Coulson.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The effort to create a work of art that is true and potentially lasting, that is the very best work of art you can create at that point in your life - a book that may only reach or move a few people but will seem to those people somehow transformative. That's the ideal; that's always the motivation.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better the work of art.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the furniture around to create space on the floor, throw down some sheets and indulge in any form of art that I could get my hands on.
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- Nov 07, 2020