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" Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. "

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" Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? "

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" I'm fascinated by Comte's clear-eyed analysis of what was wrong with modern society, which is that you've got industrial capitalism on one side and romantic love on the other. Those, along with non-instrumental art, are supposed to get you through the day? "

" I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. "

" There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty. "

" Art and life are inseparable. "

" Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. "

" I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. "

" 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. "

" Every good painter paints what he is. "

" I think the idea of art kills creativity. "

" The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. "

" An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will. "

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

" When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process. "

" The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. "

" Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning. "

" Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. "

" Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn. "

" No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. "

" To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity. "

" 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. "

" Social sharing of photos - landscapes, selfies, latte-foam art - can spark conversations and deeper engagements. "

" From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation. "

" Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God. "

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

" Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. "

" Photography is a major force in explaining man to man. "

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