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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.
- Love
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If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
- Magic
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The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to argue, or even converse with a man who has no idea of inductive and deductive philosophy.
- Our
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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
- Enable
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I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand.
- Edward
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black-and-white photography, which I was doing in the very early days, was essentially called art photography and usually consisted of landscapes by people like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. But photographs by people like Adams didn't interest me.
- Nov 07, 2020