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" I will preach with my brush. "

Henry Ossawa Tanner

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" What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. "

" Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again. "

" Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it. "

" It's harder to do anything in the public eye now, in terms of if you're worried about scrutiny or being judged negatively. It's not as much of a free ride. If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets, and they all have an opinion. "

" The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. "

" Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. "

" I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting. "

" Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning. "

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" Space is the breath of art. "

Frank Lloyd Wright

" The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. "

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" Art is subject to arbitrary fashion. "

" Art is basically communication, and I think everyone who's a music lover has had that experience where a record or a recording has kept you company when no one else is around. And I think that is what I'm hoping that people get out of my music. "

" The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. "

" I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good. "

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

" If you don't get noticed, you don't have anything. You just have to be noticed, but the art is in getting noticed naturally, without screaming or without tricks. "

" All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. "

" With an apple I will astonish Paris. "

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

Edward Steichen

" The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. "

" There's not a lot of art forms where you can control your presentation and your ideas. "

" An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. "

Charles Horton Cooley

" Photographing a cake can be art. "

" Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. "

" What is art but a way of seeing? "

" Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. "

" O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you, and I would have ended my life - it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me. "

Ludwig van Beethoven

" At the end of the day, I just do my job. I love my art. But I genuinely want to change the world. I'm very generous, and I really want people to see that I am - that's really it. "

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" Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. "

William Hazlitt

" For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive. "