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“Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.”
ralph waldo emerson


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"a photograph is a secret about a secret. the more it tells you, the less you know."

diane arbus

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You reason color more than you reason drawing... Color has a logic as severe as form.
Pierre Bonnard

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You don't take a photograph, you make it.
Ansel Adams


The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Anne Frank

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All of these are so good!

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Discipline, work. Work, discipline.
Gustav Mahler


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Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art. Leonardo da Vinci


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You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
William Blake


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"...everyone has talent; what is rare, is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads...", erica jong


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Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca


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"...there is no such thing as bad art; there are only bad artists..."

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The most profound things are inexpressible.
Jenny Holzer


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My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

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"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it."

— Salvador Dalí

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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.: - Pablo Picasso


The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Anne Frank

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"Edges must be held by tone values, not lines"

"*Don't do poor work, and if you do, don't let it out*"

"The true artist (works) for himself"

(Alfred Crocker Leighton)


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Seek the strongest color effect possible.. the content is of no importance.
Henri Matisse


The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

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"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." ~ Edgar Degas

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A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.
Gertrude Stein


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Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it. - Salvador Dali


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Anne Frank

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*NULLA DIES SINE LINEA*, Pliny


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Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Anais Nin


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A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
Oscar Wilde

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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.
Anais Nin


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*NULLA DIES SINE LINEA*, Pliny

i like that!

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Caress the detail, the divine detail.
Vladimir Nabokov


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"As imagemakers, we need to be open & ready to experience life, to learn from the world around us & to be willing to take risks. Making art entails asking questions, challenging perceptions & working with our craft to create compelling images." - Katrin Eismann

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Art is a kind of illness. ~Giacomo Puccini


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Use the talents you possess - for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best. ~Henry Van Dyke


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''We shall not allow the fear of going mad keep the banner of imagination at half mast.''
-Andre' Breton

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