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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve. - François Cavanna (1923- )

Greek Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή. - Hippokratēs Life is short, art is long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgement difficult. - Hippocrates (460BC–370BC)

Aphrodite in post-antique sculpture, Museum Willet-Holthuysen, Amsterdam Description Français : Museum Willet-Holthuysen, à Amsterdam Date 20 October 2012, 16:16:47 Source Own work Author Remi Mathis From Wikimedia Commons

All art is an imitation of nature. - Seneca

If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Nature and Selected Essays

Give me a museum and I'll fill it. - Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails? - Will Rogers (1879-1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo

¶ Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. - G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) http://maguquotes.blogspot.com/

Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. - Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)