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Nature is
inside art as its content, not outside as its model.
-- Northrop Frye
1912-1991, Canadian Literary
Critic
Were art to
redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the
seriousness of life and restoring him to an unexpected
boyishness.
-- Jose Ortega Y Gasset
1883-1955, Spanish Essayist,
Philosopher
Art is either
plagiarism or revolution.
-- Paul Gauguin
1848-1903, French Artist
The history of
modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of
art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of
the artist and the bafflement of the public.
-- Henry Geldzahler
1935-, Belgium-born American
Curator, Art Critic
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The sole art
that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends
toward serenity.
-- Andre Gide
1869-1951, French Author
Art is skill,
that is the first meaning of the word.
-- Eric Gill
1882-1940, British Sculptor,
Engraver, Writer, Typographer
Fortunately
art is a community effort --a small but select community
living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the
wars and the solitudes of the flesh.
-- Allen Ginsberg
1926-, American Poet
Art attracts
us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
-- Jean-Luc Godard
1930-, French Filmmaker,
Author
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