“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.”
— Samuel Johnson
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If we could but paint with the
“If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.”
— Honore de Balzac
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What is art? Nature concentrated.
“What is art? Nature concentrated.”
— Honore de Balzac
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There are so many opportunities in life,
“There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.”
— Jim Davis
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Fame is the echo of actions, resounding
“Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.”
— Thomas Fuller
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Originality is the fine art of remembering
“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.”
— Laurence J. Peter
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Of course the illusion of art is
“Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.”
— Francoise Sagan
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Great art is the outward expression of
“Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.”
— Edward Hopper
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Every work of art is an uncommitted
“Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.”
— Theodor Adorno
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Art is something to be proud of.
“Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.”
— Christian Bale
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A sculptor is a person who is
“A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.”
— Henry Moore
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