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" Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it. "

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Helen Frankenthaler

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William Hazlitt

" Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. "

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Constantin Brancusi

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" 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. "

" I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it. "

Laurie Anderson

" Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. "

" From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation. "

Marina Abramovic

" Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. "

John W. Gardner

" It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. "

Robert Motherwell

" The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. "

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" 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. "

" '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. "

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

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" In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought. "

Louis Kronenberger

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David Rockefeller

" When I was making my debut as an artist, I felt that it was very important that I try to combine the background of my own culture, my people, and the country into the contemporary art world. So that's how I came up with the term 'superflat.' "

Takashi Murakami

" Every artist was first an amateur. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. "