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" If it's good art, it's good. "
Kenneth Branagh
Art
Good
Good Art
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" Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life. "
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" Art should be created for life, not for the museum. "
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" Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa. "
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Only
" For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. "
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" I have a pathetic urge at some stage in my life to be able to pull out my wallet and pull out a little card on which it would say, 'Kenneth Branagh, artistic director.' "
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" I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen. "
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" There is art and beauty and power in the primal images of fantasy. "
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" I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all. "
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" I think we love the escapism of something like 'Cinderella,' and I think we do with 'Thor.' "
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Think
" Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism. "
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Rapper
Lives
" An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's. "
J. D. Salinger
Perfection
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" Photographing a cake can be art. "
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Photographing
" Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling? "
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You
Art
" I don't believe in art. I believe in artists. "
Marcel Duchamp
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Art
" Life is an illusion. I am held together in the nothingness by art. "
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Illusion
" In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife. "
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" Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. "
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" Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.' "
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Advertising
" What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart. "
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Art
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" The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. "
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Serenity
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" Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated. "
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Imagination
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" Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. "
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" How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality? "
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" What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. "
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" So vast is art, so narrow human wit. "
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Narrow
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