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The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.


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To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.

To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.



The only enemy of art is taste.

The only enemy of art is taste.



The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years ago.

The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years ago.



Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement.

Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement.



With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable.

With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable.



Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.

Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.



There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.

There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.



Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!

Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!



I have heard of you- a kind of revolutionary. Hard to be a revolutionary in the deadly museum business.

I have heard of you- a kind of revolutionary. Hard to be a revolutionary in the deadly museum business.



Parks are works of art just as a painting or sculpture is.

Parks are works of art just as a painting or sculpture is.





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And what of failure?"He shrugged."The consequence of not succeesing.Remember what Homer said.Circumstances rule men, not men circumstances.




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Music of today is not even in the same building as music from the '70s.



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If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline



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Relation is the essence of everything that exists.



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We may both be bad, but there’s a huge difference between us—I’m not content with being this way.




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