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" Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television. "

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" I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art. "

" Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone. "

" Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding. "

" Jazz is the art of thinking out loud. "

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" I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. "

" The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable. "

" A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. "

" Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. "

" I cry out for order and find it only in art. "

" 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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" Art is what you can get away with. "

" Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown. "

" I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. "

Jean-Michel Basquiat

" What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. "

" I love the idea of modern art in a home that isn't totally modern. There's a certain energy that comes out of that juxtaposition. "

" When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back. "

" I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life. "

" I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers. "

" Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views. "

" One eye sees, the other feels. "

" Art should not be bound by barriers or language. The Hindi film industry is a testament to that. We speak only Hindi, but we premiere in Germany and Japan. Our films do phenomenally well there. We transcend the barriers of language and culture. We welcome you in. I think that's what art should be, and I hope America reaches that place. "

Priyanka Chopra

" Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. "

" When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection. "

" Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic. "

" 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

" Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living entity; each element integrally related, in harmony with the whole, and essential to the execution of an idea. "

" The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep. "