883 private quotes tagged art

“Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.” — Edmund Burke

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“Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?” — Aldous Huxley

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“Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.” — Martin Luther

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“Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.” — Karl Marx

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“The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.” — Erich Fromm

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“Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.” — Woody Allen

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“Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.” — William Blake

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“Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.” — Pablo Picasso

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“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” — Pablo Picasso

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“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.” — Anatole France

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“Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.” — Robert Motherwell

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“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.” — Samuel Johnson

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“The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.” — Lord Byron

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“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.” — Alexander Pope

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“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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“Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.” — Samuel Butler

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“Things are beautiful if you love them.” — Jean Anouilh

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“Art does not reproduce what we see rather, it makes us see.” — Paul Klee

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“Great art picks up where nature ends.” — Marc Chagall

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“Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.” — Stephen Sondheim

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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” — Thomas Merton

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“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.” — David Hockney

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“Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

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“My painting does not come from the easel.” — Jackson Pollock

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