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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I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but Ive done many. – Robert Indiana

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Art is the struggle to understand. – Terri Guillemets

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When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I wont miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the Eventocracy. All this flashy art-fair art and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event. – Jerry Saltz

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It is not possible to overstate the influence of Paul Cezanne on twentieth-century art. Hes the modern Giotto, someone who shattered one kind of picture-making and invented a new one that the world followed. – Jerry Saltz

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