Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Khalil Gibran

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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Abraham Lincoln

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An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

James Whistler

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A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Michelangelo

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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Albert Einstein

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If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

Anais Nin

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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

George Bernard Shaw

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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Pablo Picasso

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

Henry Miller

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