Quote Genre: Art

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas – ‘In painting you must give th…

‘In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false.’

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Dante Alighieri – ‘Nature is the art of God.’…

‘Nature is the art of God.’

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Sterling W. Sill – ‘A story is told that Whistle…

‘A story is told that Whistler once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses. The artistry involved in the picture was magnificent. Never before it seemed had the art of man been able to execute quite so deftly … Continue reading →

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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy – ‘The most awkward means are a…

‘The most awkward means are adequate to the communication of authentic experience and the finest words no compensation for lack of it. It is for this reason that we are moved by the true Primitives and that the most accomplished … Continue reading →

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘Every mans work whether it b…

‘Every mans work whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else is always a portrait of himself.’

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Anthony Burgess – ‘Art is dangerous. It is one …

‘Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you dont want it.’

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Karl Buhler – ‘By the time the child can dr…

‘By the time the child can draw more that scribble by the age of four or five years an already well-formed body of conceptual knowledge formulated in language dominates his memory and controls his graphic work. Drawings are graphic accounts … Continue reading →

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Rita Mae Brown – ‘Moral passion without entert…

‘Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda and entertainment without moral passion is television.’

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Arthur Schopenhauer – ‘Treat a work of art like a p…

‘Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first.’

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Arnold Schoenberg – ‘Great art presupposes the al…

‘Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener.’

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