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Small: Rather than be asked to abandon ones own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expect
"Rather than be asked to abandon one's own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expected to possess a treasure of foreign skills and customs that would enrich the resources of American living"
Rudolf Arnheim, Artist
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Small: I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from
John Dyer
"I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing"
John Dyer, Artist
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Small: In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses
"In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses"
Rudolf Arnheim, Artist
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Small: Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrar
"Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs"
Rudolf Arnheim, Artist
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Small: The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a ve
John Dyer
"The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea"
John Dyer, Artist
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Small: I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of i
John Dyer
"I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold"
John Dyer, Artist
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Small: Digital media has destroyed much of the magic and mystery of the medium
John Dyer
"Digital media has destroyed much of the magic and mystery of the medium"
John Dyer, Artist
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Small: Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form but it has not been dealing with structure.
"Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure. All it says is that a large sum of elements may have properties not found in a smaller sample of them"
Rudolf Arnheim, Artist
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Small: For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces
Bridget Riley
"For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces"
Bridget Riley, Artist
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Small: Art is never finished, only abandoned
Leonardo da Vinci
"Art is never finished, only abandoned"
Leonardo da Vinci, Artist
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Small: Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
Leonardo da Vinci
"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"
Leonardo da Vinci, Artist
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Small: Water is the driving force of all nature
Leonardo da Vinci
"Water is the driving force of all nature"
Leonardo da Vinci, Artist
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Small: What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe
"What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?"
Michelangelo, Artist
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Small: From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born
"From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born"
Michelangelo, Artist
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Small: If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldnt seem so wonderful at all
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all"
Michelangelo, Artist
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Small: A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it
"A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it"
Michelangelo, Artist
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Small: I never had the exposure to techniques and so forth that children have today with art workshops, but I always
Robert Indiana
"I never had the exposure to techniques and so forth that children have today with art workshops, but I always had crayons and pencils and still have work going right back to when I was five or six years old"
Robert Indiana, Artist
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Small: The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of
"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next"
Christo, Artist
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Small: Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have l
Henry Ossawa Tanner
"Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior"
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Artist
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Small: I will preach with my brush
Henry Ossawa Tanner
"I will preach with my brush"
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Artist
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Small: Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to 95, there is an entire book abo
"Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to '95, there is an entire book about that, because each one of our projects has its own book. The book is not an art book, meaning it's not written by an art historian"
Christo, Artist
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Small: Our work is a scream of freedom
"Our work is a scream of freedom"
Christo, Artist
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Small: And for every project, because it takes years, you can see the early drawings and collages as just a simple, v
"And for every project, because it takes years, you can see the early drawings and collages as just a simple, vague idea, and through the years and through the negotiations of getting the permit, you see that every detail is now clarified"
Christo, Artist
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Small: The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostl
"The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gol
"I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars"
Mort Walker, Artist
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Small: You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while li
"You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a differen
"I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction
Ben Nicholson
"I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction"
Ben Nicholson, Artist
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Small: The will to label will always prevail over whats being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or unde
"The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding"
Boyd Rice, Artist
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Small: An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures
"An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures"
Wassily Kandinsky, Artist
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