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Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.

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Art begins with resistance — at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

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The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

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'Panem et circenses' cried the Roman mob; bread first, games next. The free play of art cannot be enjoyed on an empty stomach. Only after the dinner do we bring the artist onto the stage. His function is not to nourish but to intoxicate.

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The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Werner Heisenberg

André Gide

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Born: November 22, 1869
Died: February 19, 1951 (aged 81)
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