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title: "10 Art Defined Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [The great art of the past became great because it started to go out of the perimeters that defined art and defined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludovico-einaudi/the-great-art-of-the-past-became-great-because-it-started-to-go-out/)

[Ludovico Einaudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludovico-einaudi/)

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> [It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/it-was-public-art-defined-as-art-that-is-purchased-by-experts-who-are/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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> [Bad art might be defined as a series of bad choices about what to show and what to leave out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/bad-art-might-be-defined-as-a-series-of-bad-choices-about-what-to/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/alain-de-botton-221_art_bad-art-might-be-defined-as-a-series-of_2868166.jpg)

> [Art is often defined as a famous masterpiece in a gallery, and we are meant to visit the work and view it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryuichi-sakamoto/art-is-often-defined-as-a-famous-masterpiece-in-a-gallery-and-we-are/)

[Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryuichi-sakamoto/)

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> [For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-beltracchi/for-the-cynic-art-is-defined-through-money-that-of-course-is-a-very/)

[Wolfgang Beltracchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-beltracchi/)

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> [“Art itself my be defined as a single-minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-conrad/art-itself-my-be-defined-as-a-single-minded-attempt-to-render-the/)

[Joseph Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-conrad/)

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> [Whether art is defined as a representation of or response to reality, it demands an intense engagement with things we haven't managed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-scott/whether-art-is-defined-as-a-representation-of-or-response-to-reality/)

[Joanna Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/joanna-scott-21641_art_whether-art-is-defined-as-a-representati_737437.jpg)

> [When art is defined by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, you've got a society that's impoverished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-adams/when-art-is-defined-by-damien-hirst-and-jeff-koons-you-ve-got-a/)

[Robert Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/robert-adams-4362_art_when-art-is-defined-by-damien-hirst-and_120621.png)

> [Do you think you can love too much? Or experience too much beauty, at the cost of too much pain? Do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dalio/do-you-think-you-can-love-too-much-or-experience-too-much-beauty-at/)

[Paul Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dalio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/paul-dalio-29897_able_do-you-think-you-can-love-too-much-or-ex_1379293.jpg)

> [...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/art-itself-may-be-defined-as-a-single-minded-attempt-to-render-the/)

[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/jean-baptiste-camille-corot-25_art_art-itself-may-be-defined-as-a-single-mi_808563.jpg)

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