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Lawren Harris Quotes: Art is long. Life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling.
         

Art is long. Life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling.


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In the inner place where true artists create there exists a pure child.

In the inner place where true artists create there exists a pure child.



Every work of art which really moves us is in some degree a revelation: it changes us.

Every work of art which really moves us is in some degree a revelation: it changes us.



Art must take to the road and risk all for the glory of adventure.

Art must take to the road and risk all for the glory of adventure.



We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.

We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.



Art is the beginning of vision into the realm of eternal life.

Art is the beginning of vision into the realm of eternal life.



And light has no weight, / Yet one is lifted on its flood, /Swept high, /Running up white-golden light-shafts, /As if one were as weightless as light itself - /All gold and white and light.

And light has no weight, / Yet one is lifted on its flood, /Swept high, /Running up white-golden light-shafts, /As if one were as weightless as light itself - /All gold and white and light.



The truth is that works of art test the spectator much more than the spectator tests them.

The truth is that works of art test the spectator much more than the spectator tests them.



New material demands new methods, and new methods fling a challenge to old convention.

New material demands new methods, and new methods fling a challenge to old convention.



For the arts epitomize, intensify and clarify the experience of beauty for us as nothing else can.

For the arts epitomize, intensify and clarify the experience of beauty for us as nothing else can.



The thought of today cannot be expressed in the language of yesterday.

The thought of today cannot be expressed in the language of yesterday.





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Understanding is to knowledge what the flesh is to the body. Insight is to wisdom what life is to the soul.

Understanding is to knowledge what the flesh is to the body. Insight is to wisdom what life is to the soul.



America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture.

America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture.



In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.



You don't need any skill to run.......Every 3-year old knows how to run

You don't need any skill to run.......Every 3-year old knows how to run



When you adopt a tool you adopt the management philosophy embedded in that tool.

When you adopt a tool you adopt the management philosophy embedded in that tool.



A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.

A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.



I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.



I think that's coming to an end. And, you know, when we ... we can't beg them [russians] to get along with us. And I think there was some of that going on, which has now ended.

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But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.

But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.



A woman can do anything a man can do today and then some. She can even have a child without a man.

A woman can do anything a man can do today and then some. She can even have a child without a man.




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