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" Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? "

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" I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills. "

" Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. "

" Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild. "

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

Marshall McLuhan

" Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books. "

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" I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is. "

" For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art. "

" I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film. "

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" 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. "

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" An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. "

" I love art, being so close to the galleries, being by the water - and sunsets from the terrace. "

" Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root. "

" Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own. "

" For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive. "

" I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art. "

" I don't attack any kind of script or shooting with some philosophy that is discernible even to myself. It might just be art and love: When I got my Academy Award for 'Virginia Woolf' in the middle of the Vietnam War, I said, 'I hope we can use our art for peace and love.' "

" One of the pluses of getting older is you set some limits. "

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" I would definitely return to Austria. They were all good experiences for me, but definitely Austria because there were some ancient Celtic, sacred sites that were in the forest that were quite beautiful. "

" Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. "

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" We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. "

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" With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena, but rather to the expression of the artist's soul, in musical sound. "

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" To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. "

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" Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue? "

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" The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. "