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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Vincent Van Gogh

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Topic

Courage Taking risks Life

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Question

Language

Dutch

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 29 Dec. 1881.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Andy Warhol

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

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Topic

Nature of art Making money Work Art and business Business

Author

Andy Warhol

Source

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975, ch. 6.

I don't know where I'm going but I'll get there on time.

Robert Rauschenberg

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Topic

Journey vs. destination

Speaker

Robert Rauschenberg

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Zen koan

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rauschenberg, Robert. "Everything in Sight: Robert Rauschenberg's New Life." Interviewed by Calvin Tompkins. The New Yorker, 23 May 2005, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/05/23/everything-in-sight.

Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.

Francis Bacon (Irish painter)

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Topic

Friends

Speaker

Francis Bacon (Irish painter)

Source

Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma

Statement Type

Shout out

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

English drinking toast saying. c. 1500.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

God and creation

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 1.

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

Painting Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso n'est pas officier dans l'armee Francaise." Interviewed by Simon Tery. Les Lettres Francaise, 24 Mar. 1945.

If you could say it in words, there'd be no reason to paint.

Edward Hopper

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Topic

Purpose of art Limits of language

Author

Edward Hopper

Source

Time

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Hopper, Edward. "Art: The Silent Witness.” Time Magazine, 24 Dec. 1956.

Over all, rocks, wood, and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its inmost depths.

Thomas Cole

Essay on American Scenery

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Topic

Power of nature Nature

Author

Thomas Cole

Source

Essay on American Scenery

Genre

Nature writing

Language

English

Time

1836 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cole, Thomas. "Essay on American Scenery." American Monthly Magazine, 1 Jan. 1836.

Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

Painting Art

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 6.

I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied.

Michelangelo

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Topic

Art

Author

Michelangelo

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Understatement

Language

Italian

Time

1512 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Michelangelo. Letter to his father. Oct. 1512.

Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Topic

Argument from authority Logical fallacies

Author

Leonardo da Vinci

Source

Journals of Leonardo da Vinci

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Italian/Latin

Time

1519 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1519.

The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.

Michelangelo

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Topic

Sculpture

Author

Michelangelo

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

Italian

Time

1525 1520s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Michelangelo. Sonnet to Vittoria Collana. c. 1525, l. 5.

Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Topic

Inaction Stagnation Staying active

Author

Leonardo da Vinci

Source

Journals of Leonardo da Vinci

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Italian

Time

1519 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1519.

Filling a space in a beautiful way. That is what art means to me.

Georgia O'Keeffe

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Speaker

Georgia O'Keeffe

Source

Art News

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

O'Keefe, Georgia. “Georgia O’Keeffe at 90." Interviewed by Mary Lynn Kotz. Art News, Dec. 1977.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form
Of every thought the greatest artist has.

Michelangelo

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Topic

Untapped potential Art

Author

Michelangelo

Source

Sonnet 15

Medium

Poem

Language

Italian

Time

1564 1560s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Michelangelo. Non ha l' ottimo artista [The Lover and the Sculptor]. c. 1623.

Current Citation

Michelangelo. "Sonnet 15: The Lover and the Sculptor." Sonnets, translated by Elizabeth Jennings. Routledge, 2002.

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

Salvador Dalí

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Topic

Mistakes Artistic process

Author

Salvador Dalí

Source

Diary of a Genius

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Spanish

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Dali, Salvador. Journal d'un Génie [Diary of a Genius]. Gallimard, c. 1964.

Human subtlety... Will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Topic

Elegance of nature Nature Man and nature

Author

Leonardo da Vinci

Source

Journals of Leonardo da Vinci

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Italian

Time

1519 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1883.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.

Andy Warhol

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

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Topic

Business Nature of art Art

Author

Andy Warhol

Source

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975, ch. 6.

The sleep of reason produces monsters.

Francisco Goya

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Topic

Reason and emotion Reason Dreams

Author

Francisco Goya

Source

Los Caprichos

Language

Spanish

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Goya, Francisco. Los Caprichos. 1799, plate 43, title.

Current Citation

Goya, Francisco. Los Caprichos. Dover Publications, 1969, plate 43, title.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

Pros and cons Yin and yang

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Language

French

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 2.