Quote by Gustave Flaubert
Of all lies, art is the least untrue. - Gustave Flaubert

Of all lies, art is the least untrue. – Gustave Flaubert

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The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. – Gustave Flaubert

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Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the stars to pity. – Gustave Flaubert

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Art is anything you can get away with. – Marshall McLuhan

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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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Abstract Expressionism – the first American movement to have a worldwide influence – was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and was all but done for by 1960 (although visit any art school today and youll find a would-be Willem de Kooning). – Jerry Saltz

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Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure youre paying attention and studying your art. – Marvin Hagler

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