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Quote by Willa Cather
What was any art but a mold in which to imprison for a moment the

What was any art but a mold in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself — life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose. – Willa Cather

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All the intelligence and talent in the world cant make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It cant be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens. – Willa Cather

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Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. – Willa Cather

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It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man. – Loren Eiseley, The Night Country, 1971

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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects. – Rabindranath Tagore

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Its an art to live with pain… mix the light into gray. – Eddie Vedder

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The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience. – Camille Paglia

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