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    Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them.

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Art is the signature of civilizations.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

by Beverly Sills Found in: Art Quotes,
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It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

by Kahil Gibran Found in: Art Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 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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Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

by Alfred North Whitehead Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring read more

Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.

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Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.

Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.

by George Santayana Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Art Quotes,
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