Quote by Max Eastman
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. -

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. – Max Eastman

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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. – Max Eastman

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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. – Max Eastman

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Taste! It doesnt exist. An artist makes beautiful things without being aware of it. – Edgar Degas

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In the artists recreation of the world we are enabled to see the world. – John W. Gardner

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The artist, a traveller on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being. – Francois Delsarte

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The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. – Marc Chagall

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