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" In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. "

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" Art is not living. It is the use of living. "

" 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. "

" So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple. "

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" 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. "

" I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. "

Albert Einstein

" My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind. "

" I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for 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. "

" Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative. "

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" Balance is key. Balance is a virtue. Balance is next to godliness, maybe. We should all aspire to better balance. Too much of what is said in this world is one-sided, and we need more balance - in our speech, in our music, in our art, in everything. "

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

Jawaharlal Nehru

" The art of love is largely the art of persistence. "

" Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting. "

Robert Delaunay

" The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. "

" The arts equally have distinct departments, and unless photography has its own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it is merely a process, not an art. "

Alfred Stieglitz

" The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it. "

" Excellent teachers showered on to us like meteors: Biology teachers holding up human brains, English teachers inspiring us with a personal ideological fierceness about Tolstoy and Plato, Art teachers leading us through the slums of Boston, then back to the easel to hurl public school gouache with social awareness and fury. "

" The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success. "

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" Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. "

" The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. "

" When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another. "

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

" I collect art like other people eat pizza. I can't get enough of it. I need a constant source of inspiration. "

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" Extreme complication is contrary to art. "

" The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment. "

" My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. "