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" An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. "

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" I don't attack any kind of script or shooting with some philosophy that is discernible even to myself. It might just be art and love: When I got my Academy Award for 'Virginia Woolf' in the middle of the Vietnam War, I said, 'I hope we can use our art for peace and love.' "

" Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art. "

" The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. "

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" Life is a lot more interesting if you are interested in the people and the places around you. So, illuminate your little patch of ground, the people that you know, the things that you want to commemorate. Light them up with your art, with your music, with your writing, with whatever it is that you do. "

" Can art change the world? Maybe... we should change the question: Can art change people's lives? "

" Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. "

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" I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five. "

" There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain. "

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" If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens. "

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" Art is a harmony parallel with nature. "

" Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. "

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" The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?' "

" The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste. "

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" My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture. "