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    Each of the arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.

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Art is Man's nature. Nature is God's art.

Art is Man's nature. Nature is God's art.

by James Bailey Found in: Art and artists Quotes,
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Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.

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Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgments. An artist recreates those aspects of reality read more

Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgments. An artist recreates those aspects of reality which represent his fundamental view of man's nature.

by Marcel Proust Found in: Art and artists Quotes,
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All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates read more

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Art and artists Quotes,
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Art is... a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.

Art is... a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.

by Aaron Howard Found in: Art and artists Quotes,
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What is art but a way of seeing?.

What is art but a way of seeing?.

by Thomas Berger Found in: Art and artists Quotes,
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Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

by Al Capp Found in: Art and artists Quotes,
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, read more

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.

by W. H. Auden Found in: Art and artists Quotes,
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You don't take a photograph, you make it.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

by Ansel Adams Found in: Art and artists Quotes,
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