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He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars;
General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer:
For art and science cannot exist but in the minutely organized particulars.

William Blake

Jerusalem

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Topic

Good works Serving others Theory vs. practice

Author

William Blake

Source

Jerusalem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Blake, William. Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London, c. 1820, ch. 3, plate 55, I. 60.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008, ch. 3, plate 55, I. 60.

Draw lines, young man, many lines, from memory or from nature; it is in this way that you will become a good artist.

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

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Topic

Artistic development Practice Art

Speaker

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Source

Degas

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominque. Quoted in Degas, written by Keith Roberts. Phaidon Press, 1982, p. 7.

Light is a delicate thing.

Georges Braque

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Topic

Nature of light Light Art

Speaker

Georges Braque

Source

The Artist in His Studio

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Liberman, Alexander. The Artist in His Studio. Viking Press, 1960, ch. 3.

Poetry fettered fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed, or flourish, in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish!

William Blake

Jerusalem

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Topic

The arts

Author

William Blake

Source

Jerusalem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Blake, William. "To the Public." Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London, c. 1820.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight!

Louis Daguerre

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Topic

Light Photography

Speaker

Louis Daguerre

Source

A History and Handbook of Photography

Language

French

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tissandier, Gaston. A History and Handbook of Photography, edited by John Thomson, Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1876, p. 24.

I believe that humor is a part of beauty.

Max Beckmann

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Topic

Nature of beauty Beauty Humor

Author

Max Beckmann

Source

Journals of Max Beckmann

Medium

Personal journal

Language

German

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Beckmann, Max. "August 23, 1903." Max Beckmann: Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950, edited by Barbara Copeland Buenger, University of Chicago Press, 1997, p. 27.

Inspiration is for amateurs-the rest of us just show up and get to work.

Chuck Close

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Topic

Artistic process Inspiration Self-discipline Hard work Art

Speaker

Chuck Close

Source

Inside the Painter's Studio

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Close, Chuck. Inside the Painter's Studio. Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. Originally spoken during an interview with Joe Fig, 2009.

Cultivate a well-ordered mind, it's your only road to happiness; and to reach it, be orderly in everything, even in the smallest details.

Eugène Delacroix

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Topic

Artistic development Orderliness Self-improvement Organization Happiness

Author

Eugène Delacroix

Source

Journals of Eugene Delacroix

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1823 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Delacroix, Eugène. Journal entry. 15 Apr. 1823.

Current Citation

Delacroix, Eugène. The Journal of Eugène Delacroix: A Selection, translated by Lucy Norton, edited by Hubert Wellington. Phaidon, 1995.

I don't talk about success, I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.

Imogen Cunningham

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Topic

Success Legacy

Speaker

Imogen Cunningham

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cunningham, Imogen. Interviewed by Paul J. Karlstrom and Louise Katzman. 9 June 1975, San Franacisco, CA, USA.

My work is completed by the viewer.

Bridget Riley

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Topic

Artistic process Artist and audience Art

Speaker

Bridget Riley

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Riley, Bridget. "The Life of Riley." Interviewed by Jonathan Jones. Guardian, July 4, 2008, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/jul/05/art1.

The most important tool the artist fashions through constant practice is faith in his ability to produce miracles when they are needed.

Mark Rothko

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Topic

Artistic development Art

Speaker

Mark Rothko

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Rothko, Mark. Quoted in Mark Rothko, written by Jeffrey Weiss. Yale University Press, 2000.

The artist must have the patience of water that eats away the rock drop by drop.

Auguste Rodin

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Topic

Artistic process Patience Art

Speaker

Auguste Rodin

Source

Rodin: The Man and His Art, with Leaves from His Notebook

Genre

Biography

Language

French

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rodin, Auguste and S. K. Star. Rodin: The Man and His Art, with Leaves from His Notebook. Century, 1917, p. 7.

To be a teacher is my greatest work of art.

Joseph Beuys

Quoted in Artforum

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Topic

Teaching Art

Speaker

Joseph Beuys

Source

Artforum

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

German

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Beuys, Joseph. "An Interview with Joseph Beuys." Interviewed by Willoughby Sharp. Artforum, Dec. 1969.

Autumn is quite beautiful here but all the same has a funereal air, like all beautiful autumns-something like a funereal relaxation of things.

Marcel Duchamp

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Topic

Autumn Death Seasons Nature

Speaker

Marcel Duchamp

Source

The Duchamp Dictionary

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Grist, Thomas. The Duchamp Dictionary. Thames & Hudson, 2014, p. 70.

Art allows you to imbue the truth with a sort of magic, so it can infiltrate the psyches of more people, including those who don't believe the same things as you.

Wangechi Mutu

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Speaker

Wangechi Mutu

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Mutu, Wangechi. Quoted in 33 Artists in 3 Acts, written by Sarah Thornton. W. W. Norton & Company, 2014, p. 59. Originally an interview with Sarah Thornton, c. 2013.

Now the art world has become the art market.

Eric Fischl

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Topic

Art and money Art market Art

Speaker

Eric Fischl

Source

Brooklyn Rail

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fischl, Eric. Public conversation between Eric Fischl and Robert Berlind. 19 Mar. 2014, National Academy, New York, NY, USA.

I was walking along the road with two friends.
The sun was setting.
I felt a breath of melancholy-Suddenly the sky turned blood-red.
I stopped, and leaned against the railing, deathly tired-
looking out across the flaming clouds that hung like blood and a sword over the blue-black fjord and town.
My friends walked on-I stood there, trembling with fear.
And I sensed a great, infinite scream pass through nature.

Edvard Munch

Describing the experience that led him to paint "The Scream".

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Author

Edvard Munch

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Vision

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Munch, Edvard. Diary entry. 22 Jan. 1892.

The plate that a peasant eats his soup out of is more interesting to me than the ridiculously rich plates of rich people.

Joan Miró

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Topic

Peasants

Speaker

Joan Miró

Source

I Work Like a Gardener Joan Mirό: Selected Writings and Interviews

Medium

Interview

Language

Spanish

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Miró, Joan. Interviewed by Yvon Taillandier. 1958.

What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure. It is through it that I best succeed in expressing the almost religious feeling I have towards life.

Henri Matisse

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Topic

Human body

Author

Henri Matisse

Source

Notes d'un Peintre

Language

French

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Matisse, Henri. "Notes d'un peintre [Notes of a Painter]." Le Grande Revue, 25 Dec. 1908.

Current Citation

Matisse, Henri. "Notes of a Painter." Matisse on Art, translated and edited by Jack Flam. University of California Press, 1995, ch. 2.

Your path is at your feet whether you realize it or not. That is the most important thing that I will say but I will not enlarge upon it.

Agnes Martin

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Topic

Personal journey Self-awareness

Speaker

Agnes Martin

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Martin, Agnes. Quoted in Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances, written by Arne Glimcher. Phaidon Press, 2012.