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"I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist."

Henry Adams on Art

More quotes about Art

  • "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

    Albert Einstein on Art

  • "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

    Vincent Van Gogh on Art

  • "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

    Abraham Lincoln on Art

  • "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

    Aristotle on Art

  • "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

    Oscar Wilde on Art

More quotes by Henry Adams

  • "The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin."

  • "Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts."

  • "Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education."

  • "All experience is an arch, to build upon."

  • "I have written too much history to have faith in it and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him."

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