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    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?

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Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating read more

Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

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Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

by Hippocrates Of Iphicrates Found in: Art Quotes,
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn

by Balthus Found in: Art Quotes,
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

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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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With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

by Henri Matisse 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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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.

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Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

by Henry A. Kissinger Found in: Art Quotes,
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