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But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . . The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not night. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#art

Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death. ↗

— Anita Diamant

#love #art

We suffered for our art. You have to suffer for our art as well! ↗

— Terry Gilliam

#humor #art

Art is an evolutionary act. The shape of art and its role in society is constantly changing. At no point is art static. There are no rules. ↗

— Raymond Salvatore Harmon

#graffiti #street-art #art

faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of your changing moods and circumstances. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

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If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing ↗

— Glenn Gould

#creativity #art

That's something that tends to happen with new technologies generally: The most interesting applications turn up on a battlefield, or in a gallery. ↗

— William Gibson

#technology #war #art

Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#arts #diy #funding #government #grant

...writing is not a performance but a generosity. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

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To all appearances, the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his way out to a clearing. ↗

— Marcel Duchamp

#dada #art