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" A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas. "

Charles Dudley Warner

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" All art is but imitation of nature. "

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" If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame. "

" Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together. "

" In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out in many forms and stages is an extension of how I see things. I feel the art process is best served when it invites comments and constructive criticism from people. "

" Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

" The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. "

" As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything. "

" Owners of valuable works of art don't give to institutions that don't provide good air conditioning and have good shows. "

" I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society. "

" Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. "

William Wordsworth

" The message of great art is to disturb. "

" For me, I see filmmaking as art. "

" There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause. "

" In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage. "

" I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza. "

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" When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God. "

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" A lot of cinematography is intuition. It's an art, not a formula. "

" You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking at one portrait, turn around, and there is a work of art directly behind you. Because it's all energy. Every single thing has energy. "

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" The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. "

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" Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. "

" If it's good art, it's good. "

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