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" If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye. "
Honore de Balzac
Art
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" The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun. "
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" Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice. "
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" The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. "
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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. "
Aristotle
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Aim
" Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need. "
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" Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals. "
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Faith
Name
Made
" 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. "
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Choice
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" With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft. "
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Seems
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Color
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Recycling
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