Art, Paul Gauguin

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

- Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Art, Andy Warhol

Land really is the best art.

- Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Arts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Arts, André Malraux

History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history.

- André Malraux (1901-1976)

Flaming June, by Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896)

Flaming June, by Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896)

Artist	Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
Title	English: Flaming June. Español: Junio flameante. Français : June flamboyante. Italiano: Avvampante giugno. 日本語: フレイミング・ジューン. Português: Sol ardente de junho Slovenčina: Žeravý jún.
Date	~1895
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	120.6 × 120.6 cm (47 3/8 × 47 3/8 in)
Current location	Museum of Art of Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Source/Photographer	Artrenewal.org : notice : image
Licensing	This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.

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Appearance, Charlie Chaplin

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.

- Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

Modern art, Tom Stoppard

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

- Tom Stoppard (1937- )

Arts, Francois-Auguste Rodin

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

- Francois-Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), when asked how he managed to make his remarkable statues

Night, Vincent van Gogh

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

- Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

Arts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Arts, Dawn French

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush...

- Dawn French (1957- )

Life, George Santayana

Music is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions.

- George Santayana (1863-1952)

Arts, Frida Kahlo

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

A beauty

A beauty

Description	English: A beauty oil on canvas 41.2 x 20.6 cm signed b.r.: Falero 1885
Date	1885
Source	The Athenaeum Wikimedia Commons
Author	Luis Ricardo Falero (1851–1896)
Camera location	.
Permission	Public Domain
Licensing	This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.

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A mosaic LAW (1896) by Frederick Dielman (1847-1935)

Description	English: Frederick Dielman (1847-1935) designed this mosaic representing Law for the United States Library of Congress, and it was subsequently manufactured in Venice, Italy. A young woman on a marble throne holds a sword in one hand to chastise the guilty and a palm branch in the other hand to reward the meritorious. A glory surrounds her head, and on her breast is the aegis of Minerva, signifying she is clad in the armor of righteousness and wisdom. Other portions of this large mosaic are omitted from this image. This mosaic indicates not only the judicial but the legislative side of law; typical symbols of justice are less conspicuous or omitted, and the woman has a freer air of command.
Date	1896
Source	http://www.loc.gov/jefftour/cm/cm-mos-n.html
Author	Frederick Dielman

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Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy, François Lemoyne

Author: François Lemoyne (1688–1737)
Description
English: Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy
Date: 1737
Notes: completed on the day before the artist’s suicide
Source/Photographer: Wallace Collection, London; HumanitiesWeb.org

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Diana at her bath (Alexandre Jacques Chantron)

Diana at her bath (Alexandre Jacques Chantron)

Artist	Alexandre Jacques Chantron (1842–1918)
Title	English: Diana at her Bath
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	75 × 44.75 in (190.5 × 113.7 cm)
Inscriptions	Signature bottom right: Chantron
Source/Photographer	[1]
Licensing	The author died in 1918, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 90 years or less.

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Girls In A Green Rowing Boat

Girls In A Green Rowing Boat

Author	Harald Slott-Møller (1864–1937)
Title	.
Description	English: Girls In A Green Rowing Boat On A Summer Day
Date	c. 1910
Medium	.
Current location	.
Source/Photographer	Pimbrils
Licensing	This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

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