“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.” — James Whistler
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“The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.” — Orson Welles | #Art
“The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.” — Orson Welles
“I continue to get further away from the usual painter’s tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.” — Jackson Pollock | #Art
“I continue to get further away from the usual painter’s tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.” — Jackson Pollock
“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.” — Baltasar Gracian | #Art
“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.” — Baltasar Gracian
“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson | #Art
“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.” — William Butler Yeats | #Art
“I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.” — William Butler Yeats
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.” — W. Somerset Maugham | #Art
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.” — W. Somerset Maugham
“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” — Alfred North Whitehead | #Art
“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” — Alfred North Whitehead
“Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.” — Khalil Gibran | #Art
“Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.” — Khalil Gibran
“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don’t want it.” — Duke Ellington | #Art
“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don’t want it.” — Duke Ellington
