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" Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art. "

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" The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. "

" A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. "

" Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. "

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" I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. "

Madonna Ciccone

" Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus. "

" I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. "

" Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. "

" I had become wealthy as an art dealer, but my life was never rich until I began serving in a mission and began being blessed by those that were basically hopeless. To see them have hope was the biggest blessing in my life. "

" The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode. "

Flannery O'Connor

" An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. "

" I believe art is a connection, like passing on a flame. "

" We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant. "

Alfred Eisenstaedt

" Rules and models destroy genius and art. "

William Hazlitt

" Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home. "

Gwendolyn Brooks

" Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world. "

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

" The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. "

" I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. "

" That's the magic of art and the magic of theatre: it has the power to transform an audience, an individual, or en masse, to transform them and give them an epiphanal experience that changes their life, opens their hearts and their minds and the way they think. "

Brian Stokes Mitchell

" Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. "

" Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. "

" Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need. "

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

" Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition. "

" I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way. "

Roy Lichtenstein

" I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it. "