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Category: Art

Posted on December 21, 2022December 20, 2022

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”—Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, 1881-1973

Posted on September 17, 2022September 17, 2022

“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.”—Oscar Levant, American comedian, 1906-1972

Posted on September 2, 2022September 2, 2022

“A good critic is one who describes his adventures among masterpieces.”—Anatole France, French man-of-letters, 1844-1924

Posted on July 27, 2022July 26, 2022

“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.”—Philip Johnson, American architect, 1906-2005

Posted on April 20, 2022April 19, 2022

“There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh!”—Catullus, Latin poet, c.84-c.54 BC

Posted on March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”—Herman Melville, American novelist, 1819-1891

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

“God is in the details.”—Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, 1886-1969

Posted on December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

“Art is revolt against fate.”—André Malraux, French art theorist, 1901-1976

Posted on November 27, 2021

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”—Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, Irish novelist, 1855-1897

Posted on November 7, 2021

“Beauty is the gift of God.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

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