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Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
 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. 
I shut my eyes in order to see.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.
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.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.