883 private quotes tagged art

“The art of love is largely the art of persistence.” — Albert Ellis

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“A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.” — Eugene Ionesco

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“When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.” — Edward Steichen

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“Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.” — Robert Delaunay

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“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” — William James

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“Vision is the true creative rhythm.” — Robert Delaunay

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“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” — Groucho Marx

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“A painting that is well composed is half finished.” — Pierre Bonnard

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“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” — Havelock Ellis

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“Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.” — Groucho Marx

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“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” — John W. Gardner

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“Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.” — Peter De Vries

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“I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists.” — Robert Indiana

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“It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.” — Henry Moore

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“Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” — Thomas Wolfe

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“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” — Ellen Key

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“When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.” — Jim Hodges

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“I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza.” — Robert Indiana

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“I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many.” — Robert Indiana

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“Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.” — Amy Lowell

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“I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.” — Jim Morrison

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“Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.” — Alfred de Vigny

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“Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.” — Edward Steichen

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“Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.” — Mae West

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“To catch a husband is an art to hold him is a job.” — Simone de Beauvoir

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