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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply…

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. – Baltasar Gracian

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. – Andy Warhol

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.…

If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course…

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. – Pablo Picasso

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. – Pablo Picasso

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. – Edward Bulwer-Lytton

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

All art is quite useless. – Oscar Wilde

All art is quite useless.

One ought, each day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible…

One ought, each day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best. – Marcel Proust

Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.

Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a…

Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purpose through him.

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