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If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
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All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The coin, Tiberius.
High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
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High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
Et le buste
Survit la cite.]
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the read more
Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.
