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> [Music is the only art that actually lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/music-is-the-only-art-that-actually-lives/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

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> [“Art actually happens somewhere in the space between clarity and ambiguity, concept and intuition, thought and feeling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bert-dodson/art-actually-happens-somewhere-in-the-space-between-clarity-and/)

[Bert Dodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bert-dodson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/bert-dodson-60973_art_art-actually-happens-somewhere-in-the-sp_218973.jpg)

> [We like to think of film and music as art, but actually art is something that is not restricted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-best/we-like-to-think-of-film-and-music-as-art-but-actually-art-is/)

[Ahmed Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-best/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/ahmed-best-64305_art_we-like-to-think-of-film-and-music-as-ar_168191.png)

> [As I grew older, I developed a very innate passion for art. I was actually pretty good at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evangeline-lilly/as-i-grew-older-i-developed-a-very-innate-passion-for-art-i-was/)

[Evangeline Lilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evangeline-lilly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/evangeline-lilly-1168_art_as-i-grew-older-i-developed-a-very-innat_1331687.png)

> [Everything I've learned about art was (a) because I was actually interested, or (b) I was actually interested in covering my ass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-schjeldahl/everything-i-ve-learned-about-art-was-a-because-i-was-actually/)

[Peter Schjeldahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-schjeldahl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/peter-schjeldahl-12992_art_everything-i-ve-learned-about-art-was-a_453121.png)

> [Life is very nice, but it has no shape. The object of art is actually to give it some and to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-anouilh/life-is-very-nice-but-it-has-no-shape-the-object-of-art-is-actually-2/)

[Jean Anouilh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-anouilh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/jean-anouilh-7113_art_life-is-very-nice-but-it-has-no-shape-th_1397659.jpg)

> [“Life is very nice, but it has no shape. The object of art is actually to give it some ..." Jean Anouilh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-taylor/life-is-very-nice-but-it-has-no-shape-the-object-of-art-is-actually/)

[Kate Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/kate-taylor-252305_art_life-is-very-nice-but-it-has-no-shape-th_426845.jpg)

> [Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/some-like-to-think-that-a-keen-appreciation-of-art-can-actually-make/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/paul-auster-351_actually_some-like-to-think-that-a-keen-appreciat_504691.jpg)

> [Art is actually based on the notion that if you would really celebrate an idea or a principle, you must think, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-deren/art-is-actually-based-on-the-notion-that-if-you-would-really/)

[Maya Deren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-deren/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/maya-deren-41439_art_art-is-actually-based-on-the-notion-that_1392231.jpg)

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