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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they cant

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they cant articulate. – Mos Def

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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldnt have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way. – Mos Def

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Experience
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That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldnt be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind. – Mos Def

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Peace
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I dont want to waste anyones time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift. – Mos Def

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I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction. – Anthony Kiedis

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The soul of the artist is oppressed by the atmosphere of the counting-house. – Franz von Dingelstedt, Die Amazone: Novelle, 1869, translated from German by J.M

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Artists dont make objects. Artists make mythologies. – Anish Kapoor

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I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldnt say any other way – things I had no words for. – Georgia OKeeffe

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