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A man in his own secret meditation / Is lost amid the labyrinth that he has made / In art or politics.

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In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this is that the conception of art has been based on the conception of beauty.

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When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.

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All the great masters have understood that there cannot be great art without the little limited life of the fable, which is always better the simpler it is, and the rich, far-wandering, many-imaged life of the half-seen world beyond it

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I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

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Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science - he is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God. He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.

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The true poem is the poet's mind.

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I am not likely to die of bashfulness but neither am I prepared to be crucified to attest the perfection of my art. I dislike to hear of any stray heroics on the prowl for me.

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I do not resent criticism, even when for the sake of emphasis; it parts for the time with reality.

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When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money.

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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.

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We have art in order not to die of the truth.

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The proper school to learn art is not life but art

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How beautiful to have the church always open, so that every tired wayfaring man may come in and be soothed by all that art can suggest of a better world when he is weary with this.

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There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.

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I never drew a picture of anything that was before me but always from fancy, a sure sign of the absence of artistic eyesight; and I illustrated my lack of real feeling for art by a very early speech: 'Mama,' said I, 'I have drawed a man. Shall I draw his soul now?

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Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.

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Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.

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A man cannot have the energy to produce good art without having the energy to wish to pass beyond it.

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Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.

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