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"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."
Stephen Sondheim
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."
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"To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that."
John Barton
"To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that."
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"I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them."
Annette Bening
"I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them."
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"I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while worked as a graphic designer."
James Green Somerville
"I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while worked as a graphic designer."
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"With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed."
Wayne Coyne
"With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed."
Art,
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"We're actually doing something scripted that's totally, you know, we kind of know what's going on, however, we're having to live life and death as the art."
Josh Holloway
"We're actually doing something scripted that's totally, you know, we kind of know what's going on, however, we're having to live life and death as the art."
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"Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men."
Giorgio de Chirico
"Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men."
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"A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual."
Vladimir Nabokov
"A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual."
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"A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample."
Rebecca West
"A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample."
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"Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work."
Eduardo Chillida
"Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work."
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"The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us."
David Amram
"The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us."
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"When you make work, your goal might not be first and foremost to have as many people as possible see it, but it might be more about honing your craft as a storyteller or making art, but, there's no doubt about it, you want lots of people to see it."
Jim McKay
"When you make work, your goal might not be first and foremost to have as many people as possible see it, but it might be more about honing your craft as a storyteller or making art, but, there's no doubt about it, you want lots of people to see it."
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"One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?"
Franz Schubert
"One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?"
Art,
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"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."
William Hazlitt
"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses."
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"The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide."
Keanu Reeves
"The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide."
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"Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art."
Marvin Hagler
"Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art."
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"Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing."
Peter Hammill
"Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing."
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"Art is subject to arbitrary fashion."
Kary Mullis
"Art is subject to arbitrary fashion."
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"Create with the heart, build with the mind."
Criss Jami
"Create with the heart, build with the mind."
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"Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure."
Nicolaus Copernicus
"Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure."
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"At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time."
Ralph Allen
"At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time."
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"One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find."
Dan Flavin
"One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find."
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"I like music because it's the only invisible art form."
Sean Lennon
"I like music because it's the only invisible art form."
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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."
Margot Fonteyn
"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."
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"The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present."
Adolf Loos
"The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present."
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"To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama."
Junichiro Koizumi
"To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama."
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"Art led the way for me to recover. He got out of prison before me and started traveling all over the world before I did. He showed me by example that it could be done, and I'll always love him for that."
Frank Morgan
"Art led the way for me to recover. He got out of prison before me and started traveling all over the world before I did. He showed me by example that it could be done, and I'll always love him for that."
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"It's the role of the artist to pursue content."
Anish Kapoor
"It's the role of the artist to pursue content."
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"People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama."
Carmen Electra
"People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama."
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"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
"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."
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"Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot."
William Shatner
"Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot."
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"I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories."
Barbara Kruger
"I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories."
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"Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting."
Gavin Newsom
"Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting."
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"Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge."
Stendhal
"Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge."
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"The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy."
Douglas Sirk
"The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy."
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"I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself."
Stephen Fry
"I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself."
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"The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself."
Andre Malraux
"The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself."
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"It's interesting, because in the corporate stuff there's a dichotomy there, depending on the creator. Even what, in essence, may be a very safe corporate approach, there is some stuff that is allowed to be pushed."
Bill Sienkiewicz
"It's interesting, because in the corporate stuff there's a dichotomy there, depending on the creator. Even what, in essence, may be a very safe corporate approach, there is some stuff that is allowed to be pushed."
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"Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist."
Edwin Louis Cole
"Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist."
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"Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb."
Jean Arp
"Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb."
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"We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek."
Jones Very
"We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek."
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"Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it."
Omar Epps
"Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it."
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"I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few."
William Morris
"I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few."
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"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."
Paul Cezanne
"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."
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"The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious."
Lester Bangs
"The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious."
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"I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it."
Salvador Dali
"I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it."
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"The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing."
Doris Humphrey
"The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing."
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"That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe."
Val Kilmer
"That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe."
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"After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators."
Bill Sienkiewicz
"After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators."
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"The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding."
Edward Steichen
"The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding."
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