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" I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it. "

Laurie Anderson

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" An empty canvas is full. "

Robert Rauschenberg

" Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less. "

" Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding. "

Gian Carlo Menotti

" Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing. "

" An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have. "

" There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain. "

" Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art. "

William Bernbach

" The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. "

" Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. "

" The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle. "

Stanley Kubrick

" The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and communication, where references are incredibly important. "

" Trying to force creativity is never good. "

Sarah McLachlan

" There are so many awful things in this world, but I wanted readers to share with me the small, beautiful, enjoyable things. Things like cute clothes, beautiful art and pretty flowers; items that are overflowing with beauty. If you just become obsessed with your own problems, you miss these things. When you discover them, you become happy. "

Novala Takemoto

" I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen. "

" 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. "

Thich Nhat Hanh

" Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. "

" There's nothing more mundane than sitting across from a celebrity in a sterile gray conference room. But when the star sitting across from you is Taraji Penda Henson, you are being treated to a master class in the art of the hustle. "

" Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. "

" You begin with the possibilities of the material. "

Robert Rauschenberg

" Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. "

" It has become progressively clearer that the plastic expression of true reality is attained through dynamic movement in equilibrium. Plastic art affirms that equilibrium can only be established through the balance of unequal but equivalent oppositions. "

" The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself. "

" How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality? "

" Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down. "

" Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you. "

" Art is man's expression of his joy in labor. "

Henry Kissinger

" Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star. "

" Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. "

George Henry Lewes

" Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative. "

" The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. "

Friedrich Nietzsche