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“The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.” — Max Eastman | #Art

“The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.” — Max Eastman

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” — Henry Ward Beecher

“The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.” — Evelyn Waugh

“Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.” — Lincoln Steffens

“What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.” — Edward Hopper

“Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.” — John Ruskin

“Painting and writing are solitary arts.” — Conrad Hall

“Anything simple always interests me.” — David Hockney

“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.” — Philip Johnson