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

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

" Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. "

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" Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. "

" Technology is a compulsive and addictive way to live. Verbal communication cannot be lost because of a lack of skill. The ability to listen and learn is key to mastering the art of communication. If you don't use your verbal skills and networking, it will disappear rapidly. Use technology wisely. "

" Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together. "

" I love art, being so close to the galleries, being by the water - and sunsets from the terrace. "

" Paint the essential character of things. "

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

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" Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. "

" The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. "

" To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect. "

Alexander Calder

" The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. "

" Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing. "

" A line is a dot that went for a walk. "

" The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. "

Eugene Delacroix

" Rules and models destroy genius and art. "

William Hazlitt

" What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life. "

Michel Foucault

" Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. "

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" An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. "

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" Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination. "

" Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. "

" Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. "

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" Photographing a cake can be art. "

" Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. "

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

" 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. "

" The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. "

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" A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. "

" In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. "