Quote by Beverly Sills
A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individua

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. – Beverly Sills

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My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for mans anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. – Beverly Sills

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Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. – Aristotle

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Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is. – Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark, 1915

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The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. – Robert Hughes

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Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. – William Blake

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