Art Quote by David Elliott

“We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.”

David Elliott

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“I did enjoy my sleep; it was just one of many vices that I had succumbed to in my life.”

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“I welcomed who I was and left behind who I was not.”

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“HELL is the numbing of the soul.”

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We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture.

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