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" If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for? "
Ai Weiwei
Art
Nothing
Pain
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" Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine. "
Ludwig van Beethoven
Secrets
Man
Practice
" History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created. "
William Morris
Remembered
Art
History
" Cyberbullying isn't real. But bullying and harassment certainly are real. Trust me, friends, I went to school in England. They've got bullying down to a fine art. I know, because I was one of its chief architects. I was awful to my fellow schoolboys. "
Milo Yiannopoulos
Trust
Know
Me
" The beauty of a finely worked object points to the beauty of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the craftsmanship points to the beauty of the name which was the source of the craftsmanship. The beauty of the name of the craftsman's art points to the beauty of the craftsman's attributes manifested in that art. "
Said Nursi
Source
Art
Name
" An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. "
James Whistler
His
Artist
Vision
" You don't take a photograph, you make it. "
Ansel Adams
Photograph
You
Make
" No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity. "
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Man
Art
Strength
" I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture. "
David Hockney
Painting
Space
Trees
" Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. "
Henry Kissinger
Art
Power
Restraining
" My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind. "
Agnes Martin
Seen
Mind
About
" All art is but imitation of nature. "
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Nature
Imitation
Art
" Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring - an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at some deep level refreshed. "
John Updike
Boring
Art
Deep
" 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
Me
Sun
Stars
" I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me. "
Johnny Weir
Create
Time
Art
" Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art. "
Alfred Stieglitz
Real
Photography
People
" The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice. "
Fernando Botero
Moral
Art
Choice
" I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. "
Gustave Courbet
Hope
Without
My Life
" The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination. "
Elbert Hubbard
Process
Marble
Beautiful
" In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. "
Damien Hirst
Decisions
Death
Art
" You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself. "
Milan Kundera
Imagination
Nothing
Value
" Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. "
Madame de Stael
Art
Thoughts
Your
" Food is art and science. So, you take something out, you have to work with the recipe to make sure that you're providing delicious food with cleaner labels. "
Denise Morrison
" Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature. "
Ai Weiwei
Human Nature
Impossible
Nature
" 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. "
Darren Criss
Painting
Lawn
Desk
" The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear. "
John James Audubon
More
Art
Beautiful
" The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts. "
Henry Miller
Art
Waking
Mind
" You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking at one portrait, turn around, and there is a work of art directly behind you. Because it's all energy. Every single thing has energy. "
Marina Abramovic
You
Work
Looking
" I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art. "
Arsene Wenger
Art
Target
Life
" If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art. "
Andy Warhol
Trying
Be Real
Art
" All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography. "
Federico Fellini
Autobiography
Pearl
Oyster