art – Page 26 – Purpee Quotes

“It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.”

— Jack White

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No great art has ever been made

Posted on April 26, 2015April 26, 2010 by admin

“No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

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Very few people possess True artistic ability.

Posted on April 21, 2015April 21, 2010 by admin

“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.”

— Fran Lebowitz

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Life is the only art that we

Posted on April 17, 2015April 17, 2010 by admin

“Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training.”

— Lewis Mumford

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I went to art school actually when

Posted on April 14, 2015April 14, 2010 by admin

“I went to art school actually when I was sixteen years old.”

— David Hockney

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Customs and convictions change; respectable people are

Posted on April 10, 2015April 10, 2010 by admin

“Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.”

— John Updike

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