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    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.

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Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

by Robert Motherwell Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

by Edgar Degas Found in: Art Quotes,
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To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

by Andrew Wyeth Found in: Art Quotes,
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We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned read more

We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned to bottle our parent twain in the yelk of an
addled egg.
We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by
the cart,
But the devil never whoops, as he of old; It's clever, but is it
art?

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

by Harvey Fierstein Found in: Art Quotes,
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To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within read more

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Art Quotes,
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It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize,
And to be swift is less than to be wise.
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It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize,
And to be swift is less than to be wise.
'Tis more by art, than force of numerous strokes.

by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios") Found in: Art Quotes,
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The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Art Quotes,
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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

by Hedy Lamarr Found in: Art Quotes,
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