“I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.”
— Michael Tippett
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“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”
— John F. Kennedy
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“Book-jacket design may become a lost art, like album-cover design, without which late-20th-century iconography would have been pauperized.”
— James Wolcott
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“It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.”
— Henry Moore
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“The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.”
— Tony Snow
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“I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.”
— Paul Cezanne
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“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
— Albert Einstein
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“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
— William James
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“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.”
— David Bailey
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“I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.”
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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