"Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols."

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"Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols."

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"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Art, Work, Heart, Grace

"Music awaken our soul."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Art, Music, Awaken, Soul, Spirit

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."

Claude Monet, French Artist

Art, Day, Joy, Obsession

"One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all the sooner."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Art, Music, Winter, Nature

"You put butterflies back into my soul and painted their wings with passion and poetry."

Melody Lee, American Poet

Art, Love, Creativity, Inspirational, Passion

"No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals."

Kenneth Clark, British Author

Art, Feeling, Morals, Shadow

"Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living."

Bill Dixon, American Musician

Art, Work, People, Attention

"Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Art, Editing, Creativity, Skill, Improvement

"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

Nora Roberts, American Author

Art, Music, Talent, Skill, Perception

"She considered him further and decided he could definitely pass for a pirate. No, she thought, correcting herself. More like a sea captain, a younger version of the captain from that old movie where the pretty woman rents an old sea captain's house only to find the place haunted by the sea captain himself.She let out a heavy breath. Man, she loved that movie."

Madison Thorne Grey, American Author

Art, Observation, Humor, Literature, Imagination

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"Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men."

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"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."

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"The only cure for grief is action."

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"The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions."

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"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."

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"When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent."

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"Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature."

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"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art."

"Music awaken our soul."

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."

"One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all the sooner."

"You put butterflies back into my soul and painted their wings with passion and poetry."

"No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals."

"Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living."

"Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows."

"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

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"Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without."

"The public can only be really moved by what is genuine."

"A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet."

"Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men."

"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."

"The only cure for grief is action."

"The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions."

"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."

"When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent."

"Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature."