Quote by George Santayana
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. – George Santayana

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The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. – George Santayana

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A picture is worth a thousand words. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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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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You dont take a photograph, you make it. – Ansel Adams

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Many say an art dealer running a museum is a conflict of interest. But maybe the art world has lived an artificial or unintentional lie all of these years when it comes to conflicts of interest. – Jerry Saltz

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