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Category Archives: Art
Laurence J. Peter on Originality
“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.” Continue reading
Honoré De Balzac on Art
“If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.” Continue reading
George Orwell on Writing
“In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.” Continue reading
Albert Einstein on Art and Science
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” Continue reading
Horace on Poetry
“No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Music
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Continue reading
Henry Ward Beecher on Art
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Continue reading
Edmond De Goncourt on Art
“A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.” Continue reading
Leonard Bernstein on Inspiration
“Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.” Continue reading
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