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Art Quotes

"Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid."

"Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid."

Walter Winchell, American Journalist

Art, Gossip, Nothing, Saying

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"It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song."

"It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song."

Nick Cannon, American Musician

Art, Music, People, Conversation

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"But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America."

"But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

Art, America, Theatre

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"And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping."

"And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping."

Norman MacCaig, Scottish Poet

Art, Eyes, Name, Poets, Thinking

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"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Art, Truth, Lie

19

"What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism."

"What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism."

Octavio Paz, Mexican Poet

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"All my ways of being are musical and mysterious.Yet I embrace you openly.Ripe with expectancy."

"All my ways of being are musical and mysterious.Yet I embrace you openly.Ripe with expectancy."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Art, Music, Emotion, Expectation, Love

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"It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world."

"It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world."

Thom Mayne, American Architect

Art, Public, Reason, World

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"Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him."

"Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him."

Chinua Achebe, Nigerian Writer

Art, Effort, Man, Order

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"Art not only imitates nature but also completes its deficiencies."

"Art not only imitates nature but also completes its deficiencies."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Art, Nature, Imitation, Beauty

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"Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts."

"Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts."

Madame de Stael, French Writer

Art, Thoughts, Politeness

19

"Classical music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world."

"Classical music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Art, Music, Mind, Emotion

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"Human requirements are the inspiration for art."

"Human requirements are the inspiration for art."

Stephen Gardiner, British Architect

Art, Inspiration

19

"Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence."

"Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Art, Existence, Affirmation, Spiritual

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"The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets it immediately."

"The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets it immediately."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

Art, Eye, Quick

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"As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction."

"As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction."

Stan Getz, American Musician

Art, Conversation, Jazz, Satisfaction

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"You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice."

"You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

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"Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways."

"Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Art, Design, Work, Content

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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."

"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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"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."

"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Art, People, Cunning

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"Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator."

"Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator."

Henry Flynt, American Artist

Art, Work, Taste

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"The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles."

"The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

Art, Lies, Living

18

"What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation."

"What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation."

Hans Hofmann, German Artist

Art, Time, Imitation, Principles

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"The art is long, life is short."

"The art is long, life is short."

Hippocrates, Greek Scientist

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"It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art."

"It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art."

Pauline Kael, American Critic

Art, Artists, Patience

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"Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike."

"Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike."

Margot Fonteyn, English Dancer

Art, Life, People, Artists

18

"No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language."

"No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Art, Language, Past

18

"It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form."

"It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form."

Richard Linklater, American Director

Art, Entertainment

18

"It's the role of the artist to pursue content."

"It's the role of the artist to pursue content."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

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"I had an art teacher who's the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That's where she had gone and kept raving over their art department."

"I had an art teacher who's the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That's where she had gone and kept raving over their art department."

Sela Ward, American Actress

Art, Reason, School

18

"Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money should not be spent."

"Well, we have certainly produced great art before we did this. In my view, there are any number of areas of government which tax money should not be spent."

Charlton Heston, American Actor

Art, Government, Money, Tax

18

"I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art."

"I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art."

G. H. Hardy, British Mathematician

Art, Mathematics

18

"I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn't going well, you can't say - well, you could say - let's stop. Let's start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous."

"I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn't going well, you can't say - well, you could say - let's stop. Let's start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous."

Gene Wilder, American Actor

Art, Love, Acting, Chance

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"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster."

"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster."

Elizabeth Bishop, American Poet

Art, Disaster, Losing, Loss

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"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."

"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Art, Work, Emotion, Value

18

"Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books."

"Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Art, Poetry, Experience, Creativity

18

"I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form."

"I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form."

Harvey Pekar, American Writer

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"Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely."

"Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely."

Charlton Heston, American Actor

Art, Experience, Example

18

"I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other."

"I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

Art, First, School, Years

18

"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

18

"The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen."

"The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

Art, History, Causes, Light

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"Let each man exercise the art he knows."

"Let each man exercise the art he knows."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

Art, Exercise, Man

18

"After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators."

"After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Art, Being, School

18

"Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world."

"Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

Art, Earth, Heaven, World

18

"In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport."

"In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport."

Julia Child, American Entertainer

Art, Cooking, France

18

"Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation."

"Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Art, Lies, Salvation

18

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

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

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

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"Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity."

"Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity."

Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian Composer

Art, People, Humanity, Mankind

18

"Maturity implies otherness... The art of living is the art of living with."

"Maturity implies otherness... The art of living is the art of living with."

Julius Gordon, American Rabbi

Art, Living, Maturity

18

"Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist."

"Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist."

Larry Wall, Canadian Author

Art, Artist, Engineering

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