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Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation.
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As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to do with…
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You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
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Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.
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We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.
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Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music. But the…
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Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of…
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The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.
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The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses.
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Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.
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If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king…
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Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass.
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the…
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As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden…
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To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say…
— James Whistler
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Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning. Everyone has a struggle and for every struggle there is a…
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At every trifle, scorn to take offence; that always shows great pride, or little sense
— Alexander Pope
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At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.
— Alexander Pope
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To really carewhen surrounded by indifference, is honorable. When one can maintain positive motivation amid apathetic crowds shows great integrity. And to…
— Chip Deaton
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