Quote by Alexander Calder
To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, theres

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, theres no such thing as perfect. – Alexander Calder

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Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against mans fate. – Andre Malraux

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Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. – Pablo Picasso

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Im afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning. – Andy Warhol

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Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul. The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist. – Edgar Allan Poe

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