- Abstract Art
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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
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
One can rightly speak of an evolution in plastic art. It is of the greatest importance to note this fact, for it reveals the true way of art - the only path along which we can advance.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The clarification of equilibrium through plastic art is of great importance for humanity. It reveals that although human life in time is doomed to disequilibrium, notwithstanding this, it is based on equilibrium. It demonstrates that equilibrium can become more and more living in us.
- Individual
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- Nov 07, 2020
The subjectivization of the universal in art brings the universal downward on one hand, while on the other it helps raise the individual toward the universal.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the universal is the essential, then it is the basis of all life and art. Recognizing and uniting with the universal therefore gives us the greatest aesthetic satisfaction, the greatest emotion of beauty.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is the path to being spiritual.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the same of London or Paris, too.
- Pleasure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
- High Wire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The beauty of it is that it's never the same. It's never easy. And yet, part of my art is to make it look easy.
- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in originality, primarily. However, it's important to know what there has been before to aim in that direction. Art history informs us. It informs our mind. I like to look at books, exhibitions, paintings, as a computer, subconsciously taking on information.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every government secretary of state or minister should jolly well go to the theatre, go to a concert, go to an art gallery, go to a museum, become somehow interested in these things. If they're not interested, they shouldn't be in government, full stop.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020