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An artist cannot talk about his art any more than a plant can disc

An artist cannot talk about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. – Jean Cocteau, Newsweek, 16 May 1955

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All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. – John Ruskin

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Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God. – Martin Luther

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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. – Edmund Burke

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Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise be wise and thou art happy. – Akhenaton

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Two heads are better than one. – Proverb

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

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Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us. – George Eliot, Adam Bede

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