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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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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

by Aristotle Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

Art always has something of the unconscious about 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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I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

by Vincent Van Gogh Found in: Art Quotes,
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Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

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The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.

The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit read more

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.

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The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

by Joan Miro Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art is the signature of civilizations.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

by Beverly Sills Found in: Art Quotes,
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