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The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years. – Jerry Saltz

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I dont know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. Ive gawked at the gaudy prices, and gaped at well-clad crowds of happy white people conspicuously spending hundreds of millions of dollars. – Jerry Saltz

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Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me included. – Jerry Saltz

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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home. – Gwendolyn Brooks

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Dont be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. – Paul Cezanne

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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. – Jimmy Carter

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Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. – George V. Higgins

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