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" A line is a dot that went for a walk. "

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" O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you, and I would have ended my life - it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me. "

Ludwig van Beethoven

" Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art. "

" Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time. "

" Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. "

" Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art. "

" Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. "

" I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. "

Jean-Michel Basquiat

" The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. "

" The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. "

" The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this is what drives the painter, this is what drives the writer: a conflicting urge to forget pain and at the same time remember it and fight for some kind of justice. I know these powerful things are inside of me and everyone in some way or another. "

" Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. "

Robert Delaunay

" For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art. "

" An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. "

" It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. "

" It's clever, but is it Art? "

Rudyard Kipling

" What is art but a way of seeing? "

" Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. "

" The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. "

Jawaharlal Nehru

" Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort. "

" I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. "

William Butler Yeats

" I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art. "

" Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. "

" A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world. "

" Clay can be dirt in the wrong hands, but clay can be art in the right hands. "

" Trying to force creativity is never good. "

Sarah McLachlan

" The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes. "

David Rockefeller

" The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist. "

" Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. "

" Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding. "

" Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. "