Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
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Without art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without science, we should always worship false gods.
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All dancing is a replacement for sex.
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I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one's power of appreciation persists.
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What I see is teeming cohesion, contained dispersal. For him, to sculpt is to take the fat off space.
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The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without one, and for that, you must acquire facility, furnish one's memory to the point of infinitude, and make numerous drawings after the old masters.
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Art begins with resistance, at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists. Now they sit still and permit professionals to entertain them by the aid of machinery. It is difficult to believe that general artistic culture can flourish in this atmosphere of passivity.
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Art to me is a question mark.
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Anybody who perceives colors can become a painter. It's simply a question of whether or not one has felt anything and whether one has the courage to recount the things one has felt.
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