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Art always has something of the unconscious about it.
Art always has something of the unconscious about it.
Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
 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? 
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
 There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an 
art of writing.  
 There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an 
art of writing.