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Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould; |
Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould; |
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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, |
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, |
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Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art |
Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"|''[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_conundrum.htm The Conundrum of the Workshops]'' by '''[[Rudyard Kipling]]''' }} |
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| ''[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_conundrum.htm The Conundrum of the Workshops]'' by '''[[Rudyard Kipling]]''' }} |
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{{quote|''Life is serious but art is fun!''|"The King of Mice" (attributed) in ''[[The Hotel New Hampshire]]'' by [[John Irving]]}} |
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{{quote|''The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.''|[[Tom Robbins]]}} |
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{{quote|''It is the business of the artist to select and rearrange his material. How else shall he portray the essence of Life?''|"W. Shakespeare Marlowe"}} |
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{{quote|''Logic claims to '''know''' -- it is the bastard son of priestcraft -- but art, thank God, only aspires to share an experience.''}} |
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{{quote|''I don't know what I like, but I know art.''}} |
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{{quote|''We know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.''|[[Pablo Picasso]]}} |
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{{quote|''Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting people have to understand... People who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.''|[[Pablo Picasso]]}} |
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{{quote|'''''You're''' trying to create art. '''They're''' going out for burgers. You know what I mean? Picasso understood this.''|Joe Bob Briggs}} |
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{{quote|''The purpose of art is to hold a mirror up to life. Life obviously needs more sleep.''}} |
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{{quote|''"Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer."''|quoted by [[Poppy Z. Brite]] in ''Drawing Blood''}} |
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{{quote|''All art is quite useless.''|[[Oscar Wilde]]}} |
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{{quote|''Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.''|[[Tom Stoppard]]}} |
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When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold, |
Life is serious but art is fun!
—"The King of Mice" (attributed) in The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
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The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.
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It is the business of the artist to select and rearrange his material. How else shall he portray the essence of Life?
—"W. Shakespeare Marlowe"
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Logic claims to know -- it is the bastard son of priestcraft -- but art, thank God, only aspires to share an experience. |
I don't know what I like, but I know art. |
We know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
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Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting people have to understand... People who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.
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You're trying to create art. They're going out for burgers. You know what I mean? Picasso understood this.
—Joe Bob Briggs
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The purpose of art is to hold a mirror up to life. Life obviously needs more sleep. |
"Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer."
—quoted by Poppy Z. Brite in Drawing Blood
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All art is quite useless.
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Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
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