Quote by Francis Bacon
Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or disple

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory. – Francis Bacon

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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. – Francis Bacon

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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. – Francis Bacon

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Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. – Christian Bale

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I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. – Andy Warhol

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Art must take reality by surprise. – Francoise Sagan

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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I dont believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Arts sake. – E. M. Forster

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