Art Quotes

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"Abstract art is the music of the visual world."
Jackson Pollock
"The painting is a document of the artist's journey."
Jackson Pollock
"I work to create paintings that transcend time and fashion."
Jackson Pollock
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"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision."
Salvador Dalí
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"Painting is an infinitely small point brought to infinity."
Salvador Dalí
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"Photography has arrived at a point where it is almost divorce from reality."
Salvador Dalí
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"Theater is the supreme balancing act."
Salvador Dalí
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"One single image can be as powerful as many words."
Salvador Dalí
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"Atomic mysticism is the future of art."
Salvador Dalí
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"Art must make you uncomfortable; otherwise, it is merely decoration."
Salvador Dalí
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"The only thing that counts in painting is the intention."
Salvador Dalí
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"I do not create art for the masses; I create it for myself."
Salvador Dalí
S
"The atomic age demands atomic art."
Salvador Dalí
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"I paint with my dreams, not with my brushes."
Salvador Dalí
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"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
Salvador Dalí
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"The future of painting is in the multiplication of internal landscapes."
Salvador Dalí
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"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."
Vincent van Gogh
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"I want to touch people with my art."
Vincent van Gogh
V
"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."
Vincent van Gogh
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Vincent van Gogh
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"The role of color as a power in itself."
Vincent van Gogh
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"I want to paint humanity, or rather all of humanity."
Vincent van Gogh
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"Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art."
Andy Warhol
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"I like boring things."
Andy Warhol
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"I paint objects as I see them."
Andy Warhol
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"Art is what you can get away with."
Andy Warhol
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"Everything I do is connected to art."
Andy Warhol
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"An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have."
Andy Warhol
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"Art reflects the soul of a nation."
Yair Lapid
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"Art challenges us to see the world differently."
Yair Lapid