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Quote by George Santayana
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. – George Santayana

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The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. – George Santayana

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The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because were not pure enough, good omens appear. – Jerry Saltz

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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I dont believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Arts sake. – E. M. Forster

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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that thats becoming like a lost art in American cinema. – Quentin Tarantino

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