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Quote 1428
The history of art is the history of revivalsby: Samuel ButlerShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
Quote 1427
The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 1425
Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beautyby: Alfred de VignyShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 1424
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has knownShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 1423
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.by: Robert SchumannShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
Quote 1422
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfectionby: MichelangeloShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 1421
A man paints with his brains and not with his handsby: MichelangeloShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 1420
Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fedShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 1419
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frameShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
Quote 1417
A picture is worth a thousand wordsby: NapoleonShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
Quote 1416
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confessionby: Albert CamusShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 885
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is artShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 853
As a writer, you should not judge, you should understandShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 556
In order to write about life, first you must live it.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 449
Music fills the infinite between two soulsShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
Quote 443
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
Quote 427
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.Showing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 420
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.by: Abraham LincolnShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 417
A room without books is like a life without meaningby: Thomas JeffersonShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 413
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writingShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 387
Without music, life would be a mistakeShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 380
Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of courseShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
Quote 368
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.by: Samuel JohnsonShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 362
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.by: AristotleShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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Quote 342
Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself.by: Mark TwainShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
Quote 340
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell itby: Samuel ButlerShowing Quotes on Music, art and literature
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