“Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.”
— Jean Cocteau
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There is nothing in the world of
“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”
— Billy Sunday
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is
“The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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For art to exist, for any sort
“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Art is permitted to survive only if
“Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.”
— Theodor Adorno
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The finest works of art are precious,
“The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.”
— Aldous Huxley
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The beginning is the most important part
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
— Plato
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There is no abstract art. You must
“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”
— Pablo Picasso
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Leadership is the art of getting someone
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The price of a work of art
“The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level.”
— Jerry Saltz
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I want to serve chess through games,
“I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.”
— Garry Kasparov
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