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" Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible. "

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" We have art in order not to die of the truth. "

Friedrich Nietzsche

" Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people. "

Kenneth Lonergan

" Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. "

Bertrand Russell

" 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.' "

Molly Crabapple

" This world is but a canvas to our imagination. "

Henry David Thoreau

" The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class. "

" I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. "

" The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. "

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

" The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste. "

David Rockefeller

" If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. "

John F. Kennedy

" A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. "

George Bernard Shaw

" All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership. "

" Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. "

" Photography is a major force in explaining man to man. "

Edward Steichen

" Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. "

George Bernard Shaw

" If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye. "

Honore de Balzac

" The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself. "

" Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art. "

Alfred Stieglitz

" The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. "

" Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. "

" The temple of art is built in words. "

Josiah Gilbert Holland

" Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century. "

Marshall McLuhan

" A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art. "

" Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art. "

" There is no must in art because art is free. "

Wassily Kandinsky

" In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration. "

" We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question. "

" I paint; I draw and paint - I've been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistically and then changing to abstract art. That was my first creative thing before guitar or comedy. "

" There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. "

Anthony Trollope