#great art

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life. ↗

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within. ↗

— Edith Hamilton

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Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation. ↗

— Richard Holloway

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Great art is an instant arrested in eternity. ↗

— James Huneker

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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. ↗

— Herman Melville

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I think great art is always ambiguous and can't be pinned down. ↗

— Stephen Rea

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Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort. ↗

— Robert Quillen

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To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal. ↗

— Clive Bell

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