883 private quotes tagged art

“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.” — Philip Johnson

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“Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.” — Alvar Aalto

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“I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.” — Maya Lin

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“The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.” — Salvador Dali

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“The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

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“The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person and in the end they unite.” — Havelock Ellis

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“Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.” — Arthur Erickson

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“Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.” — Arthur Erickson

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“The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.” — Arthur Erickson

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“If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.” — Arne Jacobsen

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“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” — Twyla Tharp

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“I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.” — Andy Warhol

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“An artist cannot fail it is a success to be one.” — Charles Horton Cooley

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“A picture is a poem without words.” — Horace

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“Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.” — Salvador Dali

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“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” — Jonathan Swift

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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” — Scott Adams

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

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“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.” — Andy Warhol

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“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.” — Hedy Lamarr

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“Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.” — Edgar Degas

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“Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.” — Fran Lebowitz

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“Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.” — Miguel Angel Ruiz

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“Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.” — William Wordsworth

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“Even a true artist does not always produce art.” — Carroll O'Connor

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