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

Tracez des lignes, jeune homme, et encore plus de lignes, à la fois de la vie et de la mémoire, et vous deviendrez un bon artiste.

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

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

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

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Another quote about Art

The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

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Treatise
Genre
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Time
1794 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Things are always at their best in their beginning.

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Topic
Things get worse

Author

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Statement Type
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Language
French
Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

Pascal, Blaise [published as Louis de Montalte]. "February 25, 1656." Les Provinciales ou Les Lettres Escrites [The Provincial Letters]. c. 1657, letter 4.

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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Source
Worstward Ho
Medium
Short story
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. "Worstward Ho!" Nohow On. The Limited Editions Club, 1989.