Quote by Marshall McLuhan
Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that

Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. – Marshall McLuhan

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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time. – Karl Marx

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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. – Alexander Pope

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Many museums are drawing audiences with art that is ostensibly more entertaining than stuff that just sits and invites contemplation. Interactivity, gizmos, eating, hanging out, things that make noise – all are now the norm, often edging out much else. – Jerry Saltz

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The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. – Carl Rogers

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