“Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” — Thomas Wolfe
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“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.” — Jessamyn West | #Art
“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.” — Jessamyn West
“I cry out for order and find it only in art.” — Helen Hayes | #Art
“I cry out for order and find it only in art.” — Helen Hayes
“The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can’t have both.” — Ben Hecht | #Art
“The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can’t have both.” — Ben Hecht
“You know, if one paints someone’s portrait, one should not know him if possible.” — Otto Dix | #Art
“You know, if one paints someone’s portrait, one should not know him if possible.” — Otto Dix
“The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.” — J. Paul Getty | #Art
“The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.” — J. Paul Getty
“Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.” — Hans Hofmann | #Art
“Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.” — Hans Hofmann
“To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.” — Andrew Wyeth | #Art
“To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.” — Andrew Wyeth
“People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.” — Walter Annenberg | #Art
“People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.” — Walter Annenberg
“Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?” — Alfred de Vigny | #Art
“Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?” — Alfred de Vigny
