Art has always been the raft on to which we climb to save our sanity.

Dorothea Tanning

Quoted in Salon

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Topic

Art as therapy Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Dorothea Tanning

Source

Salon

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

United States

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Citation

Tanning, Dorothea. Interviewed by John Glassing. Salon, 11 Feb. 2002, https://www.salon.com/2002/02/11/tanning/.

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

Friedrich Schiller

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Topic
Freedom Art

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen [On the Aesthetic Education of Man]." Horen, Jan. 1795, letter 2.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. On the Aesthetic Education of Man, edited by Alexander Schimidt, translated by Kenneth Tribe. Penguin Classics, 2016, letter 2.

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Not all those who wander are lost.

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Topic
Wandering Exploration Taking one's time
Speaker
Gandalf

Author

J.R.R. Tolkien
Source
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Medium
Novel
Genre
Fantasy
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
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English
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
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Citation

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