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In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have
merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on
itself, and dies of all others An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are
exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the
greater it is I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free All that I desire to point out is the general principle that Life imitates
Art far more than Art imitates Life All art is but imitation of nature The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are
exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the
greater it is The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world
than the stock market or the debates in congress Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art
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