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Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings. The meaning of art is explored in a...
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Filter this CollectionCan it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin?
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- Mark Twain
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There are two kinds of truth; the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Without art science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery.
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- Raymond Chandler
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- x Spoken by character (if from fictional work):
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul. The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist.
- x Author:
- Edgar Allan Poe
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- x Spoken by character (if from fictional work):
Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.
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- Donald Knuth
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Photographing a cake can be art.
- x Author:
- Irving Penn
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