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    The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and
    music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their
    significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's
    uses.
    - Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),

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There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

by Andre Gide Found in: Art Quotes,
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Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Art Quotes,
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Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]

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One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.

One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.

by Andrew Wyeth Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

by Thomas Merton Found in: Art Quotes,
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!

Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!

by George Luks 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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Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

by Mrs. Anna Jameson Found in: Art Quotes,
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