“All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.”
— John Ruskin
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Art is so subjective, and people can
“Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want.”
— Jennifer Aniston
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Art is I; science is we.
“Art is I; science is we.”
— Claude Bernard
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Cinema is still a very young art
“Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.”
— Catherine Deneuve
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Because most of my career in the
“Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts.”
— Camille Paglia
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Democracy is the art and science of
“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
— H. L. Mencken
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Mournful and yet grand is the destiny
“Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.”
— Franz Liszt
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The great art of life is sensation,
“The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.”
— Lord Byron
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Fashion is only the attempt to realize
“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.”
— Francis Bacon
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The greater the decrease in the social
“The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.”
— Walter Benjamin
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I would no more quarrel with a
“I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.”
— Mary Baker Eddy
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