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" What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real. "

Rabindranath Tagore

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" I love putting the music together. It's like art. "

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" I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization. "

" I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself. "

" I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. "

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

" Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. "

Rabindranath Tagore

" The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now. "

Robert Anton Wilson

" 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. "

" By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart from the beaten track and, having done so, occasionally startle and disagree with some of his associates. Healthy disagreement we must have. "

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" All great art allows us this: a glimpse across the limits of our self. "

" One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. "

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" To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist. "

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