Quote by Paul Valéry
An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it. -

An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it. – Paul Valéry

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Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or from his body or from someone else or from events. – Paul Valéry

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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. – Salvador Dali

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I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. – Khalil Gibran

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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. – Ani DiFranco

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He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs religion. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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