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    A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

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Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

by Woody Allen Found in: Art Quotes,
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

by Aristotle Found in: Art Quotes,
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All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by read more

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by some relationship.
[Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se
continentur.]

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All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
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All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The coin, Tiberius.

by Henry Austin Dobson 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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Bad artists always admire each others work.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Art Quotes, Artists Quotes,
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Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.

Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.

by Pablo Picasso Found in: Art Quotes,
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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.

by Edward Hopper Found in: Art Quotes,
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It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
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It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.

by Robert Browning Found in: Art Quotes,
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