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Artist Quotes by Ned Rorem
- Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.
- Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.
- Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence.
- Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.
- An artist doesn't necessarily have deeper feelings than other people, but he can express these feelings. He is like everyone else-only more so! He speaks…
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- The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
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