Quote by William Wordsworth
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. - Willia

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. – William Wordsworth

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Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. – Publilius Syrus

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

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It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. – Anais Nin

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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. – C. S. Lewis

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We need to make sure that theres art in the school. Why? Why should art be in the school? Because if art isnt in a school, then a guy like Steve Jobs doesnt get a chance to really express himself because in order for art to meet technology, you need art. – LL Cool J

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