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Art Quotes (page 8)

Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of giving. Those who give are tremendously strong. Robert Henri
Ayn Rand quote: "Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an..."
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments. Ayn Rand
Art begins with resistance—at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. Andre Gide
Edgar Degas quote: "Art is vice. You don't wed it, you rape it."
Art is vice. You don't wed it, you rape it. Edgar Degas
Art has two great functions. First, it provides an emotional experience. And then, if we have the courage of our own feelings, it becomes a mine of practical truth. We have had the feelings ad nauseam. But we've never dared dig the actual truth out of them, the truth that concerns us, whether it concerns our grandchildren or not. David Herbert Lawrence
Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being. Carl Jung
Thomas Merton quote: "Art enables us to find ourselves and loose ourselves at the..."
Art enables us to find ourselves and loose ourselves at the same time. Thomas Merton
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of..."
Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mothers face. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Art has always been my salvation. And my gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart. And when Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can’t explain — I don’t need to. I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. Or if I walk in the woods and I see an animal, the purpose of my life was to see that animal. I can recollect it, I can notice it. I’m here to take note of. And that is beyond my ego,... Maurice Sendak
Derek Walcott quote: "Art is History's nostalgia, it prefers a thatched roof to a..."
Art is History's nostalgia, it prefers a thatched roof to a concrete factory, and the huge church above a bleached village. Derek Walcott
Art and religion, carnivals and saturnalia, dancing and listening to oratory - all these have served, in H. G. Wells's phrase, as Doors in the Wall. Aldous Huxley
Camille Paglia quote: "Art is something out of the ordinary commenting on the ordinary."
Art is something out of the ordinary commenting on the ordinary. Camille Paglia
Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color John F. Kennedy
Thomas Mann quote: "Art is the funnel, as it were, through which spirit is poured..."
Art is the funnel, as it were, through which spirit is poured into life. Thomas Mann
Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living? very good things for anyone to be interested in. Robert Henri

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