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Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. ↗

— Paul Klee Foundation

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Art does not have to be dull, to be effective; the artist does not have to be a bore, to be real. ↗

— Burton Raffel

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I appreciated art, long before I could produce it. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

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Smatrao sam da je jedina ispravna pozicija umetnika, pozicija izdajnika. Umetnik je onaj čiji smeh za pretke i tradiciju porugom se ori. Umetnost mora da stremi razlici, Drugom. ↗

— Slobodan Tišma

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When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that because I am a Catholic I cannot afford to be less than an artist. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

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I would like to paint the way a bird sings. ↗

— Claude Monet

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The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

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Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti] ↗

— Irving Stone

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...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition. ↗