Inspirational Quotes

Art

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.

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Film in the 20th century, it’s the American art form, like jazz.

Film in the 20th century, it’s the American art form, like jazz.

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Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.

Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.

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I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.

I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.

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Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

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I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

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Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an esthetic end.

Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an esthetic end.

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Art is magic… But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.

Art is magic… But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.

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All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn’t read it the way you read history or science.

All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn’t read it the way you read history or science.

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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

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Intolerance respecting other people’s religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people’s art.

Intolerance respecting other people’s religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people’s art.

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It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.

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Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.

Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.

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Only in men’s imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

Only in men’s imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

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I’m very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it’s one of the great things about making movies. It’s a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character’s costume and what that might tell about your character.

I’m very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it’s one of the great things about making movies. It’s a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character’s costume and what that might tell about your character.

– Jeff Bridges

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I’m very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we’re all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film.

I’m very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we’re all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film.

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Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.

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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.

The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.

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I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he’s doing – I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give.

I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he’s doing – I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give.

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We’re all entitled to opinions about how art institutions should behave, and entitled to voicing those opinions through whatever means available to us. We’re also allowed to change or modify our opinions.

We’re all entitled to opinions about how art institutions should behave, and entitled to voicing those opinions through whatever means available to us. We’re also allowed to change or modify our opinions.

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