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Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth. ↗

— Barbara Streisand

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...the best way to know the Truth or Beauty is to try to express it. And what is the purpose of existence Here or Yonder but to discover truth and beauty and express it, i.e., share it with others? ↗

— Brenda Ueland

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The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true. ↗

— Adam Phillips

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Instead of chasing the idea of truth, what we should be doing is embracing the medium of drawing and using it for a purpose that fulfils our needs as an artist or designer. ↗

— Peter Stanyer

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I tell you, you will not see the new beauty and the truth, until you make up your minds to spit. ↗

— Kazimir Severinovich Malevich

#beauty #iconoclasm #spitting #truth #art

Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications, survey the Pyramids, and confess thy folly! ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory. ↗

— Mos Def

#faith #god #happiness #hope #inspirational

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

— Steven Pressfield

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This highest kind of truth is never something the artist takes as given. It's not his point of departure but his goal. Though the artist has beliefs, like other people, he realizes that a salient characteristic of art is its radical openness to persuasion. Even those beliefs he's surest of, the artist puts under pressure to see if they will stand. ↗

— John Gardner

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Do not discuss the religious matters with people; do not waste your valuable time to discuss the untruth! Your time is short; spend it for the science and the art! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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