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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.]

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All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by read more

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by some relationship.
[Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se
continentur.]

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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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Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the read more

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.

by Marshall Mcluhan Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
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Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
[It., L'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,
Seque, come il maestro fa il discente;
Si che vostr'arte a Dio quasi e nipote.]

by Dante ("dante Alighieri") Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

by Evelyn Waugh Found in: Art Quotes,
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All art requires courage.

All art requires courage.

by Anne Tucker 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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I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

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Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

by Peter C. Wilson Found in: Art Quotes,
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