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I shut my eyes in order to see.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
 The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any 
end, is art.  
 The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any 
end, is art. 
 Art for art's sake.
 [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]  
 Art for art's sake.
 [Lat., Ars gratia artis.] 
Art is the signature of civilizations.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
 We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a 
surplice peg,
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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? 
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.