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" I cry out for order and find it only in art. "

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" Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time. "

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" Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. "

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" Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness. "

" Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport. "

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

" I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. "

Gustave Courbet

" Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. "

" All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology. "

" My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make, it's about talking as clearly as I can. "

" You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not. "

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" If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject 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? "

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