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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.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
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.
Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]
Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
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.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
