“Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.”
— Charles de Lint
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The hours I spend with you I
“The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.”
— George Edward Moore
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Artists themselves are not confined, but their
“Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.”
— Robert Smithson
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I have never denied my background or
“I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.”
— Salma Hayek
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I try to keep a low profile
“I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.”
— Alanis Morissette
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By the will art thou lost, by
“By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.”
— Angelus Silesius
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The best part of the art of
“The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.”
— Eric Hoffer
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun
“Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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So long as the system of competition
“So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.”
— William Morris
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There is nothing, Sir, too little for
“There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.”
— Samuel Johnson
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A sad fact of life lately at
“A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.”
— Jerry Saltz
Author: Jerry Saltz
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