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" Nothing is art if it does not come from nature. "

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W. Somerset Maugham

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" There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. "

William Shakespeare

" A picture is worth a thousand words. "

" There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners. "

" An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will. "

Willem de Kooning

" Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate. "

" 'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure. "

" 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. "

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" Professionalism in art has this difficulty: To be professional is to be dependable, to be dependable is to be predictable, and predictability is esthetically boring - an anti-virtue in a field where we hope to be astonished and startled and at some deep level refreshed. "

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" Objectifying is kind of a funny thing. Art is objectification, all art, because you're taking someone and making them into an object. But people can also talk back more to you when you're sketching them. They can look at you and say, 'Oh man, you got me wrong.' "

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