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" 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. "

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" With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.' "

Yayoi Kusama

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" Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. "

" If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for? "

" Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. "

" It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems. "

" When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process. "

" Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling? "

" The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable. "

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

" As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything. "

" Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. "

" My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in. "

" The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. "

" Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. "

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

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

Ashley Wagner

" I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it. "

" Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living entity; each element integrally related, in harmony with the whole, and essential to the execution of an idea. "

" Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. "

" 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. "

" Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. "

" Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within. "

" My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes. "

" That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness. "

" Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. "

" Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. "

" Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos. "

" A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. "

" No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone. "

" The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. "