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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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Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. – Max Eastman

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Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end. – Max Eastman

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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 flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting. – Paul Gauguin

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

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The artist has one function–to affirm and glorify life. – W. Edward Brown

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