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• Art is never finished, only abandoned.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Mislead Us, Design, Abandoned Buildings

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• Art is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feeling.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Mean, Men, Feelings

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “What is Art? (English Version, Abridged)”, p.12, BIG BYTE BOOKS

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• Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.

  Seth Godin

  Creativity, Eye, Soul

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• Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

  Miles Davis

  Life, Music, Beautiful

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• There is no must in art because art is free.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Freedom, Painter, Artist

  Wassily Kandinsky (1981). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.52, Library of Alexandria

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• Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.

  Jonathan Swift

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teacher

  "Thoughts on various subjects (Further thoughts on various subjects)". Book by Jonathan Swift, 1745.

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  The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.331, Princeton University Press

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• Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess.

  Bruce Lee

  Self

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• The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.

  Alberto Giacometti

  Inspirational, Motivational, Photography

  Herbert C. Lust, Alberto Giacometti, Aprile Gallant, Portland Museum of Art (2000). “Alberto Giacometti”

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• It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

  Oscar Wilde

  Fear, Perfection, Shields

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.380, University of Chicago Press

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• Art is not a thing; it is a way.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Way, Art Is

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• Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

  Thomas Merton

  Fools Day, Finding Yourself, April Fools

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.35, Shambhala Publications

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• The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

  David Hockney

  Cheating, Sake, Moments

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• Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Work, Philosophical, Talking

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.27, Publishdrive

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• An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.

  Paul Cezanne

  Feelings, Technique, Principles

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• Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

  Auguste Rodin

  Inspirational, Leadership, Summer

  "Heads and Tales". Book by Malvina Hoffman, p. 47, 1936.

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• Creativity is often blocked by trying to be perfect. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

  Tony Robbins

  Mistake, Creativity, Knowing

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Oct 24, 2011

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• Art is long, and Time is fleeting.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Long, Design

  "A Psalm of Life" st. 4 (1838)

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• If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

  Michelangelo

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Work

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• I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

  Laurie Anderson

  Hobbies, Irs, Architecture

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• Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole and entire man.

  Michelangelo

  Jealous, Men, Whole

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• Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

  Stella Adler

  Life, Music, Crush

  Stella Adler (2012). “Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee”, p.11, Vintage

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• The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

  Dale Carnegie

  Dance, Positivity, Essence

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.117, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

  John Updike

  Teacher, Appreciation, Breathing Space

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• Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

  Oscar Wilde

  Music, Creative, World

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1043, GENERAL PRESS

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