quotes about Great Art
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Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener
-- Arnold Schoenberg -
Every great artist has the sense of provocation.
-- Arthur CravanSource : "The forgotten story of ... Jack Johnson's fight with Oscar Wilde's poet nephew" by Graham Parker, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2016.
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Great art must be a living thing, or it is not art at all.
-- Bill ReidSource : Bill Reid (2012). “Solitary Raven: The Selected Writings of Bill Reid”, p.111, D & M Publishers
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Great art is never perfect; perfect art is never great.
-- Edward Abbey -
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Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!
-- Gene Wilder -
I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.
-- George Benson -
To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.
-- Helio Gracie -
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The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel -
Great art can only be created out of love.
-- James A. Baldwin -
Great art is cathartic; it is always moral.
-- Joyce Carol Oates -
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I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.
-- Julian Schnabel -
I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.
-- Maggie Nelson -
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France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.
-- Matthew Arnold -
There are so many great artists and most of them are women, but that's good - the more the merrier!
-- Rachel Stevens -
Heaven's great artillery.
-- Richard CrashawSource : Richard Crashaw, George Gilfillan, Francis Quarles (1857). “Poetical Works: And, Quarles' Emblems”, p.170
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a great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make ...
-- Stevie Smith -
All great art contains at its center contemplation, a dynamic contemplation.
-- Susan Sontag -
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Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.
-- William HogarthSource : William Hogarth (2013). “Engravings by Hogarth”, Courier Corporation
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The great artists represent you. The great products represent you. They don't tell you who you are. But with them, you require less verbiage.
-- Andrew Loog Oldham -
Great art always transcends its culture, while lesser art merely reflects it.
-- Madeleine L'Engle -
I consider my work great, as I am a great artist.
-- Pola Negri -
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The great artist takes what he needs.
-- Kenneth ClarkSource : Kenneth Clark (2015). “Civilisation”, p.89, Hachette UK