- Life
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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
- Salad
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a student of Alice Waters, the patron saint of salad, I'm no stranger to the art of lettuce washing.
- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am by trade a designer, and I did Fine Art for my degree.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is a sculptor and a painter, and mum runs an art gallery, which sells beautiful jewelry and ceramics and paintings - local and international.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not totally comfortable with the ways in which our culture monetises art and literature.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.
- Finely
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nature is a divine art; it cannot be the artist. It is a dominical book and cannot be the scribe. It is an embroidery and cannot be the embroiderer. It is a register and cannot be the accountant. It is the law and cannot be the power.
- Canst
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- Nov 07, 2020