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> [The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-inness/the-true-end-of-art-is-not-to-imitate-a-fixed-material-condition-but/)

[George Inness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-inness/)

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## More by George Inness

> [The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-inness/the-true-end-of-art-is-not-to-imitate-a-fixed-material-condition-but/)

[George Inness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-inness/)

> [The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A work of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-inness/the-purpose-of-the-painter-is-simply-to-reproduce-in-other-minds-the/)

[George Inness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-inness/)

> [The highest art is where has been most perfectly breathed the sentiment of humanity...Some persons suppose that landscape has no power of communicating human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-inness/the-highest-art-is-where-has-been-most-perfectly-breathed-the/)

[George Inness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-inness/)

> [You must suggest to me reality---you can never show me reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-inness/you-must-suggest-to-me-reality-you-can-never-show-me-reality/)

[George Inness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-inness/)

> [The true use of art is, first, to cultivate the artist's own spiritual nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-inness/the-true-use-of-art-is-first-to-cultivate-the-artist-s-own-spiritual/)

[George Inness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-inness/)

> [The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it conveys the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-inness/the-greatness-of-art-is-not-in-the-display-of-knowledge-or-in/)

[George Inness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-inness/)

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