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A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
George Edward Moore 
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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
George Bernard Shaw 
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An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
Edgard Varese 
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What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.
John Updike 
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso 
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When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
Robert Mapplethorpe 
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