Art Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about art.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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When I was young, I almost always read to learn; today, sometimes, I read to forget.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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If any man, even a vulgar one, knew how to narrate his own life, he would write one of the greatest novels ever written.

Nicanor Parra

Nicanor Parra

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First condition of every masterpiece: to go unnoticed.

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

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Our imagination enlarges the present time so much that we turn eternity into nothing, and nothing into eternity.

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Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

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Unfortunate are the men who have all the clear ideas.

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

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I think that a life dedicated to music is a beautifully employed life, and that is what I have dedicated mine to.

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

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Learning music by reading music theory is like making love by mail.

Cesare Pavese

Cesare Pavese

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Writing is beautiful because it combines the two joys: speaking to oneself and speaking to the multitude.

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Cesare Pavese

Cesare Pavese

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Writing poetry is like making love: one will never know if their own joy is shared.

Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz

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Eroticism and poetry: the first is a metaphor for sexuality, the second an eroticization of language.