"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."

William Christopher Handy, American Musician

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"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."

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"Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

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"Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself."

Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

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"The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

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"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

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"And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?""

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

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"Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques as a mixture of tried and tested formulas - if it aint broke don't fix it - and unexpected twists."

Paul Kane, English Writer

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"Queen of arts and daughter of heaven."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same."

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"I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

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"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."

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"The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day."

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"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

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"Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation."

"Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste."

"Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself."

"The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite."

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on."

"And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?""

"Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques as a mixture of tried and tested formulas - if it aint broke don't fix it - and unexpected twists."

"Queen of arts and daughter of heaven."

"You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same."

"I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones."

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"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."

"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."

"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."

"The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day."

"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."

"I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro."

"Nature was my kindergarten."

"I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee."

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"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."