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title: "4 Half Art Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Half Art quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Half Art sayings and thoughts."
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> [Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-baudelaire/modernity-signifies-the-transitory-the-fugitive-the-contingent-the/)

[Charles Baudelaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-baudelaire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/charles-baudelaire-473_art_modernity-signifies-the-transitory-the-f_167844.jpg)

> [Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ralph-inge/literature-flourishes-best-when-it-is-half-a-trade-and-half-an-art/)

[William Ralph Inge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ralph-inge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/william-ralph-inge-6819_art_literature-flourishes-best-when-it-is-ha_327699.png)

> [A good half of the art of living is resilience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/a-good-half-of-the-art-of-living-is-resilience/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/alain-de-botton-221_art_a-good-half-of-the-art-of-living-is-resi_1876978.jpg)

> [Half of art is accident, but there is no accident without free experiment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-steadman/half-of-art-is-accident-but-there-is-no-accident-without-free/)

[Ralph Steadman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-steadman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/ralph-steadman-15611_accidents_half-of-art-is-accident-but-there-is-no_3071310.jpg)

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