Amedee Ozenfant quotes

Amedee Ozenfant quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Art is the demonstration that the ordinary is extraordinary.”
-- Amedee Ozenfant

#Art Quotes #Ordinary Quotes #Demonstration Quotes

“The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.”

Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
“Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”
“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”
“To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.”
“It's the ordinary things that seem important to me.”
“Animal cruelty is one of the most unfortunate and barbaric demonstrations of human beings manipulating ill conceived notions of â€˜powerâ€™ over other species.”
“Sacrifice is a demonstration of pure love.”
“Je serais reconnaissant a toute personne ayant compris cette demonstration de me l'expliquer.”
“Keeping the commandments . . . is at once a demonstration of our intelligence, our knowledge, our character, and our wisdom.”

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