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Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect, but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion.

~Alexander Calder

Topics: Abstraction Always Arrangement Art Entirely Exciting Look Meaning Motion Must Next Next Step Painted Perfect Planes Sculpture Spheres Static Step Still Why Without Would You

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My fascination with women's clothes began very early. My mother was a very fashionable woman. She also made her own clothes. She had these fashion magazines, and I would draw the women in them. My middle school art teacher suggested that I have a fashion drawing show.

~Alexander Chee

Topics: Also Art Began Clothes Draw Drawing Early Fascination Fashion Fashionable Had Her Made Magazines Middle Middle School Mother Own School She Show Suggested Teacher Them Very Woman Women Would

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The one thing about program television that's absolutely incompatible with any concept of art is that all decisions have to be made by program directors, whereas art is autonomous. It may be dependent, but it knows no superiors.

~Alexander Kluge

Topics: About Absolutely Any Art Autonomous Concept Decisions Dependent Directors Incompatible Knows Made May One Thing Program Television The One Thing Thing Whereas

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Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.

~Alexander Meiklejohn

Topics: Art Democracy Independently Thinking Together

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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Art Human Narrow Vast Wit

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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Art Chance Dance Ease Easiest Move Those True Who Writing

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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Art Been Contains Left Like Object Price Tag Theories Which Work

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All nature is but art unknown to thee.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Art Nature Thee Unknown

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One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Art Fit Genius Human Narrow Only Science Vast Will Wit

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Artists are never complete people. But if it's art that completes them, then what is taken away?

~Alexander Theroux

Topics: Art Artists Away Complete Never People Taken Them Then

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