“Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.”
— Edward Steichen
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The art gods cooked up something special
“The art gods cooked up something special for James Ensor.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Most works of art, like most wines,
“Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
— Simone Weil
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It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums,
“It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.”
— George Santayana
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Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens
“Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.”
— William Bernbach
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I am more a friend of art
“I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.”
— Paul Cezanne
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The business of art is to reveal
“The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.”
— David Herbert Lawrence
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Art is magic… But how is it
“Art is magic… But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.”
— Hans Hofmann
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Art is always criticized and always an
“Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.”
— Ville Valo
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Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how
“Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas!”
— David Herbert Lawrence
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Patience is the art of hoping.
“Patience is the art of hoping.”
— Luc de Clapiers
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