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" A great artist is always before his time or behind it. "

George Edward Moore

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" Objectifying is kind of a funny thing. Art is objectification, all art, because you're taking someone and making them into an object. But people can also talk back more to you when you're sketching them. They can look at you and say, 'Oh man, you got me wrong.' "

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" Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. "

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" Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world. "

" Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. "

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" If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life. "

" The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon. "

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" The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it. "

" Parks are works of art just as a painting or sculpture is. "

" I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all. "

" Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. "

" Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. "

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