Sources of art

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Art is born of humiliation.

W.H. Auden

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Sources of art Art

Speaker

W.H. Auden

Source

World Within World

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Auden, W. H. Quoted in World Within World, by Stephen Spender. Hamish Hamilton/Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1951.

What is it about people that since the dawn of time we've wanted to mark our presence so that other people will see it?

Chuck Close

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Sources of art Art Human nature

Speaker

Chuck Close

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Close, Chuck. Quoted in Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre, and Elsewhere. Random House, 1998. Originally spoken during an interview with Michael Kimmelman, 1998.