Quote by Baltasar Gracian
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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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. – Baltasar Gracian

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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God. – Robert Mapplethorpe

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The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when money was scarce, were great periods, when the art world retracted but it was also reborn. – Jerry Saltz

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