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    Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

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Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

by Claude Debussy Found in: Art Quotes,
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The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

by Henry Miller Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

by Hippocrates Of Iphicrates Found in: Art Quotes,
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I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is read more

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Art Quotes,
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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Art Quotes,
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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.]

by Theophile Gautier Found in: Art Quotes,
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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make read more

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work

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It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that read more

It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Art Quotes,
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The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose read more

The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose
within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator;
and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth
spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and
which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in
reference to the proposed result.

by John Mason Good Found in: Art Quotes,
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