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Art has a way of distilling experience and possibility into a few well-chosen lines. These quotes gather voices from painters, sculptors, photographers, architects, poets, and teachers, offering reflections on creativity, craft, beauty, and doubt. Whether you're seeking a spark for a studio session, a discussion in a classroom, or a moment of quiet inspiration, you'll find perspectives that invite curiosity without prescribing taste. Read slowly, pause often, and let these lines trace the contours of imagination, work, and wonder across traditions, mediums, and everyday life.
Small: Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths
"Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths"
Edgar A. Shoaff
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Small: The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease
Voltaire
"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: Errors are not in the art but in the artificers
Isaac Newton
"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: Art is the only way to run away without leaving home
Twyla Tharp
"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
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Small: Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art
"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage
H. L. Mencken
"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
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Small: Art raises its head where creeds relax
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Art raises its head where creeds relax"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
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Small: The true art of memory is the art of attention
Samuel Johnson
"The true art of memory is the art of attention"
Samuel Johnson, Author
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Small: Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century
"Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way
David Frost
"Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way"
David Frost, Journalist
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Small: Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth
Pablo Picasso
"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
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Small: Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
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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: The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook
William James
"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook"
William James, Philosopher
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Small: We all know that art is not truth. Art is lie that makes us realise truth
Pablo Picasso
"We all know that art is not truth. Art is lie that makes us realise truth"
Pablo Picasso, Artist
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Small: The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe
Gustave Flaubert
"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe"
Gustave Flaubert, Novelist
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Small: Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better
Andre Gide
"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better"
Andre Gide, Novelist
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Small: Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition
"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition"
Jacques Barzun, Educator
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Small: Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, li
Barbara Januszkiewicz
"Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising"
Barbara Januszkiewicz, Artist
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Small: London, thou art the flower of cities all!
William Dunbar
"London, thou art the flower of cities all!"
William Dunbar, Poet
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Small: Any form of art is a form of power it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us
"Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move"
Ossie Davis, Actor
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Small: Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
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Small: The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and
Adolf Hitler
"The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention"
Adolf Hitler, Criminal
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Small: For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispe
Friedrich Nietzsche
"For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
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Small: The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead for you
Oscar Wilde
"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy
Isaac Newton
"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: Art is the signature of civilizations
"Art is the signature of civilizations"
Beverly Sills, Musician
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Small: True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist
Albert Einstein
"True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
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Small: The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization
Frank Lloyd Wright
"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
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Small: There is nothing new in art except talent
"There is nothing new in art except talent"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
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Small: The art of victory is learned in defeat
Simon Bolivar
"The art of victory is learned in defeat"
Simon Bolivar, Leader
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Small: Nature is the art of God
"Nature is the art of God"
Dante Alighieri, Poet
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Small: Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization it is the best part of refinement and in ma
Bryant H. McGill
"Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness"
Bryant H. McGill, Author
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Small: I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an
"I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid"
Jonathan Lethem, Writer
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Small: We have art in order not to die of the truth
Friedrich Nietzsche
"We have art in order not to die of the truth"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
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Small: He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs religion
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
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Small: Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse
Winston Churchill
"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse"
Winston Churchill, Statesman
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Small: Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellen
Aristotle
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit"
Aristotle, Philosopher
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Small: Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they dont have for something they dont need
Will Rogers
"Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need"
Will Rogers, Actor
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Small: It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall its a painting, and if you can walk around it i
Tom Stoppard
"It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture"
Tom Stoppard, Dramatist
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