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Quote by John Ruskin
The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of mens lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. – John Ruskin

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Every great person is always being helped by everybody for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. – John Ruskin

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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. – John Ruskin

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Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs. – John Ruskin

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It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found. – Wilson Mizner

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The art world can be very intimidating because its just so vast. You talk to people who are really clued in to all the young artists and coming into it youre never going to be able to catch up immediately, even though theres pressure to. – Daniel Radcliffe

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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement. – Elia Kazan

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In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we dont know what were seeing, we overreact. – Jerry Saltz

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Its a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere. – Annie Dillard

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The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. – Charles Baudelaire

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Every idea is endowed of itself with immortal life, like a human being. All created form, even that which is created by man, is immortal. For form is independent of matter: molecules do not constitute form. – Charles Baudelaire

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You gotta lose em some of the time. When you do, lose em right. – Casey Stengel

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