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Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art. – Baltasar Gracian

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It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. – Baltasar Gracian

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Variety
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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune to keep him is a blessing. – Baltasar Gracian

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Friendship
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. – Jean Cocteau

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Art has to move you and design does not, unless its a good design for a bus. – David Hockney

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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves Its pretty, but is it Art? – Rudyard Kipling

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I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum. – Claes Oldenburg

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