"There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other."

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"There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other."

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Art, Science, Creation

"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Art, Limitations, Thinking

"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"History develops, art stands still."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Art, Husband, Job

"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Art, Happiness, Philosophy, Values

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Art, Poetry, Love, Emotion, Expression

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't."

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"There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other."

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"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones."

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"I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me."

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"Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors."

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"When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art."

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."

"History develops, art stands still."

"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

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"I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting."

"Art is a harmony parallel with nature."

"I have sworn to die painting."

"Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't."

"My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me."

"There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other."

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones."

"I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me."

"Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors."

"When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art."