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" Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. "

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" Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate. "

" Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. "

" To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture. "

" Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. "

" I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting. "

" I like to learn. That's an art and a science. "

Katherine Johnson

" What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart. "

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

" Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided. "

" An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. "

Charles Bukowski

" I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself. "

" You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer. "

" I've never been a big fan of subtle art. I like art that gets deep into my head and starts my brain spinning with new ideas and inspiration and my whole body is full of energy. "

" Although not considered a martial art, boxing is really a martial art. It's a very limited martial art as long as you agree to just box... but in an actual physical fight against someone who's just a wrestler, you're going to get killed. "

" The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination. "

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

Edward Steichen

" 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?' "

" Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. "

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

" Every artist was first an amateur. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better the work of art. "

" I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. "

Jackson Pollock

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

" Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. "

George Bernard Shaw

" Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated. "

" An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose. "

Langston Hughes

" I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. "

Madonna Ciccone

" I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it? "

" A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art. "

" The message of great art is to disturb. "