"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it."

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"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it."

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"The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art."

Ralph A. Cram, American Architect

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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."

Chuck Close, American Artist

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"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."

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"When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps."

Kindness

"I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it.It's just getting out of one car, and into another."

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"The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art."

"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."

Explore more quotes by John Lennon

"Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."

"The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility."

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."

"Being honest may not get you a lot of friends it'll get you the right ones."

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life."

"You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

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"And so this is Christmas...what have you done?"

"When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps."

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