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" I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work. "

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" I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. "

" I think optimism springs from nature. I'm a gardener. Nature has taught me about rhythm, the essence of every art. With so much that is terrible, nature gives me pleasure. "

" My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made. "

Andy Goldsworthy

" Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. "

George Henry Lewes

" One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head. "

" I don't see any boundaries between any of the art forms. I think they all inter-relate completely. "

" Art and life are inseparable. "

" I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many. "

" When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration. "

Edward Steichen

" If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens. "

" The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master. "

Richard Branson

" I haven't mastered the art of sitting and smiling. "

" Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. "

" Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. "

" I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it. "

" The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. "

" I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills. "

" Art should not be bound by barriers or language. The Hindi film industry is a testament to that. We speak only Hindi, but we premiere in Germany and Japan. Our films do phenomenally well there. We transcend the barriers of language and culture. We welcome you in. I think that's what art should be, and I hope America reaches that place. "

Priyanka Chopra

" The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important. "

" I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it. "

Laurie Anderson

" The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class. "

" There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about. "

Helen Frankenthaler

" I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. "

Thornton Wilder

" A lot of cinematography is intuition. It's an art, not a formula. "

" The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. "

" Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle. "

Russell Simmons

" I want art to make me think. In order to do that, it may piss me off, or make me uncomfortable. That promotes awareness and change, or at least some discussion. "

" Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism. "

" He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. "