- 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
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Economics is not an exact science. It's a combination of an art and elements of science. And that's almost the first and last lesson to be learned about economics: that in my judgment, we are not converging toward exactitude, but we're improving our data bases and our ways of reasoning about them.
- Harmony
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Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living entity; each element integrally related, in harmony with the whole, and essential to the execution of an idea.
- Painting
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the West, we look at art through life. Well, that's one way of living. In the Orient they look at life through art. They even drink their tea without sugar, for the same reason that they don't like a lot of frilly decorations on a painting. I can't stand butter on my bread for the same reason. I'm allergic to goo and rococo.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore. I freed a lot of comics... if I never would have done comedy, it would've been a different art form... I'm sure of it.
- Pizza
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- Nov 07, 2020
Andy was a nonverbal person; you couldn't get directions out of him. All he knew was what was modern in art was what wasn't art: The telephone was art, the pizza was art, but what was hanging on walls in museums wasn't art.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.
- Politics
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I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy.
- Just
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Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.
- Essential
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Aboriginal art and culture draws from the land, for Aboriginality and the land are essential to each other and are inseparable.
- Eyes
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At its best, Aboriginal art has been effective in translating an entire culture and the understanding of an entire continent. Indeed, the more we interpret Australia through Aboriginal eyes, through the experience of their long and epic story, the more we allow ourselves to understand the land we share.
- Further
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- Nov 07, 2020
The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.
- Nov 07, 2020
When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.
- Feels
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- Nov 07, 2020
One eye sees, the other feels.
- Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
A line is a dot that went for a walk.
- Trying
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- Nov 07, 2020