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Works Of Art Quotes (page 14)

Kurt Schwitters quote: "The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not..."
The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside. Kurt Schwitters
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first."
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. Arthur Schopenhauer
An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of..."
When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony. Madeleine L'Engle
Paul Klee quote: "When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a..."
When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed. Paul Klee
Clive Bell quote: "All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion..."
All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art. Clive Bell
The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art. Xavier Becerra
Herbert Read quote: "The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol."
The modern work of art, as I have said, is a symbol. Herbert Read
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is..."
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. Vladimir Nabokov
Lester Bangs quote: "Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time..."
Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity. Lester Bangs
Washington Allston quote: "Never judge a work of art by its defects."
Never judge a work of art by its defects. Washington Allston
Theodor Adorno quote: "Every work of art is an uncommitted crime."
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. Theodor Adorno
Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times. Franz Marc
When sonneteering Wordsworth re-creates the landing of Mary Queen of Scots at the mouth of the Derwent -Dear to the Loves, and to the Graces vowed, The Queen drew back the wimple that she wore- he unveils nothing less than a canvas by Rubens, baroque master of baroque masters; this is the landing of a TRAGIC Marie de Medicis. Yet so receptive was the English ear to sheep-Wordsworth's perverse 'Enough of Art' that it is not any of these works of supreme art, these master-sonnets of English... Brigid Brophy
Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say, most artists are converted to art by art itself. Finding one's voice isn't just an emptying and purifying oneself of the words of others but an adopting and embracing of filiations, communities, and discourses. Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced. Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void... Jonathan Lethem

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