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" Art is the daughter of freedom. "

Friedrich Schiller

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" I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music. "

" Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. "

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" Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation. "

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" Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty. "

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" My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. "

" In art, the obvious is a sin. "

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" Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. "

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" I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate. Do you have to know them? No, but certainly it is nice to recognise how deeply these things are embedded in our literature, our art. "

" In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it. "

" An empty canvas is full. "

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" Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. "

Igor Stravinsky

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

" 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. "

" I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. "

" All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker. "

" I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life. "

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" Life doesn't last; art doesn't last. It doesn't matter. "

" We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about. "

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