Quote by George Santayana
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. -

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. – George Santayana

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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. – George Santayana

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The art of creation is older than the art of killing. – Edward Koch

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I think that ones art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows. – Emily Carr

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Poor Georgia OKeeffe. Death didnt soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings. – Jerry Saltz

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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! – Anatole France

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Violence is a very ugly thing. Violence is often so casual on film, and made to look so cool and so sexy, but violence is a repulsive, repugnant act that human beings inflict on each other. It shouldnt seem to be cool and sexy, ever really. – James Purefoy

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Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy! – Robert Mugabe

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