"Painting, which is essentially a rhythmic harmony of coloured spaces. Realism was the death of art. Great art should come from the harmony of two lines."

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Source : "Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers" by Arthur Wesley Dow, Boston, 1899.

Arthur Wesley Dow

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“In some socialist states well-performed work is rewarded with moral stimulants instead of material ones. However, the moral stimulants cannot be explained by materialistic philosophy. It is the same case with the appeals for humanism, justice, equality, freedom, human rights, and so forth, which are all of religious origin. Certainly, everybody has the right to live as he thinks best, including the right not to be consistent with his own pattern. Still, to understand the world correctly, it is important to know the true origin of meaning and of the ideas ruling the world.”
“Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.”

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“I think the key to really jumping out of that idea of saturation is longevity. I think that's the number one thing that allows artists to develop themselves more, is if they constantly do it. If you continue to put out consistently then your name will be known over a longer period of time.”
“With the White Sox, when we do stuff, everybody's opinion is asked for, is given and then decisions are made on just about everything.”
“Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out.”
“A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.”

Source : Graham Greene (1960). “The Heart of The Matter”
“I think the picture in Jet magazine showing Emmett Till's mutilation was probably the greatest media product in the last forty or fifty years because that picture stimulated a lot of interest and anger on the part of blacks all over the country.”
“The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard.”

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