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Letter "A" » Art
«The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique»
«The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.»
Author: Marcus Aurelius Antonius
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adds, contribution, decipher, deciphered, deciphering, interpreting, performed, qualification, qualifications, spectator, The Spectator
«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.»
Author: Paul Gauguin
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Art
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bafflement, concern, History of, history of art, History of the, increasingly, loss, modern art, modern history, progressive, Progressives, The History, The History of, The Progressive
«The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.»
«The course of Nature is the art of God»
«The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.»
«The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
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Religion
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artist, devout, highest, religious, religious person
«The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
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Art
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imperfectly, nobly, subtly, The Finest
«The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion of a loftier reality»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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Art
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appearances, loftier
«The history of art is the history of revivals»
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