Jacques-Louis David Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this - and only this - is to be an artist.”
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“In the arts the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself.”
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“If the work is poor, the public taste will soon do it justice. And the author, reaping neither glory nor fortune, will learn by hard experience how to correct his mistakes.”
-- Jacques-Louis David
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