"The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit."
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"Art has to be a kind of confession. I don't mean a true confession in the sense of that dreary magazine. The effort it seems to me, is: if you can examine and face your life, you can discover the terms with which you are connected to other lives, and they can discover them, too - the terms with which they are connected to other people."
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"Comedy, although it is not one of the fine arts - it's a vulgar art, it's one of the people's arts, it's the spoken word, the writing that goes into it is an art form - it's certainly artistry."
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"Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters."
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"Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred."
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"If we try to think back to the dim and distant past... what is it that helps us reconstruct those times, and to picture the lives of those who lived in them? It is their art... It is thanks to the hand, the companion of the mind, that civilization has arisen."
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"Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples."
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"Art is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feeling."
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"The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark. When we are able to take the next step with trust that we will have enough light for the step that follows, we can walk through life with joy and be surprised at how far we go."
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"The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude."
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"Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all."
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"I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it."
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"I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint."
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"Study the science of art and the art of science."
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"First study the science, and then practice the art which is born of that science."
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"Lord, heap miseries upon us yet entwine our arts with laughters low."
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"I would that our farmers when they cut down a forest felt some of that awe which the old Romans did when they came to thin, or letin the light to, a consecrated grove (lucum conlucare), that is, would believe that it is sacred to some god. The Roman made an expiatory offering, and prayed, Whatever god or goddess thou art to whom this grove is sacred, be propitious to me, my family, and children, etc."
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"The highest condition of art is artlessness."
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"When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts."
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"Discontent is the seed of ethics."
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