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" Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. "

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" I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win. "

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" Great art is an instant arrested in eternity. "

" Dolls fire our collective imagination, for better and - too often - for worse. From life-size dolls the same height as the little girls who carry them, to dolls whose long hair can 'grow' longer, to Barbie and her fashionable sisters, dolls do double duty as child's play and the focus of adult art and adult fear. "

" The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. "

" Balance is key. Balance is a virtue. Balance is next to godliness, maybe. We should all aspire to better balance. Too much of what is said in this world is one-sided, and we need more balance - in our speech, in our music, in our art, in everything. "

" Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. "

" When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art. "

" I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it. "

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

" 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. "

" He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. "

" I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman. "

" I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it. "

" Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. "

" I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art. "

" There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies. See, I always suspect characters who are painted as lovely, decent human beings. I would always question where the darkness lies. "

" Art is the daughter of freedom. "

" History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created. "

" Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved away. "

" If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art. "

" A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. "

Gertrude Stein

" I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images? "

" 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. "

" Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. "

" Personality is everything in art and poetry. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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" The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn. "

" I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. "

" Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. "

" The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art. "

" Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others. "