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When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
Robert Mapplethorpe 
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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
Hedy Lamarr 
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The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.
Jerzy Kosinski 
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The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
David Hockney 
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The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
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You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
William Blake 
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No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
Theodore Bikel 
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The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
Hendrik Willem Van Loon 
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I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 
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