| Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman. -- Mencius |
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MenciusEra:
-371 |
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| He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas. -- John Ruskin |
| Author:
Ruskin, JohnEra:
1819 |
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| Every artist writes his own autobiography. -- Havelock Ellis |
| Author:
Ellis, HavelockEra:
1859 |
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| The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. -- William Faulkner |
| Author:
Faulkner, WilliamEra:
1897 |
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| Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius. -- Albert Pike |
| Author:
Pike, AlbertEra:
1809 |
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