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" Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul. "

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" When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection. "

" The message of great art is to disturb. "

" There are many museums dedicated to technology, artistic endeavors, music, and that sort of thing. From that perspective, I think games really do have a place as a kind of collaborative art or a synthesis of all these various aspects into a whole, and that, in itself, can be perceived as art. "

" I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization. "

" Out with stereotypes, feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the west's stunning sexual personae, the vehicles of art's assault against nature. The moment there is imagination, there is myth. "

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

" Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go. "

" Baking is both an art and a science. "

" The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer. "

" Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. "

" The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box. "

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" Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. "

Edward Steichen

" 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. "

" People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because it's 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. It's a form of art I find beautiful. I love it. "

" The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. "

Henry Ward Beecher

" It is not up to me whether I win or lose. Ultimately, this might not be my day. And it is that philosophy towards sports, something that I really truly live by. I am emotional. I want to win. I am hungry. I am a competitor. I have that fire. But deep down, I truly enjoy the art of competing so much more than the result. "

" What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images. "

" Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. "

" There's nothing more mundane than sitting across from a celebrity in a sterile gray conference room. But when the star sitting across from you is Taraji Penda Henson, you are being treated to a master class in the art of the hustle. "

" I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment. "

" What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession. "

" Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology. "

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" Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. "

" One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. "

" I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them. "

" I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind. "

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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. "

" If I can't be fishing or hunting, I want to be in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. "

" Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. "

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