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" The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. "

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" Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together. "

" Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down. "

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" It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. "

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

George Bernard Shaw

" But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things. "

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

John W. Gardner

" Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art. "

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" 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. "

" Although not considered a martial art, boxing is really a martial art. It's a very limited martial art as long as you agree to just box... but in an actual physical fight against someone who's just a wrestler, you're going to get killed. "

" Personality is everything in art and poetry. "

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" The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. "

" The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths. "

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

" Gardening always has been an art, essentially. "

" The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise. "

Thomas Sydenham

" Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art. "

" Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. "

" I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment. "

" Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. "

" I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society. "

" Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling? "

" Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake. "

" All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. "

" The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment. "

" I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture. "

" Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like. "

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

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" The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?' "