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 Some famous (and maybe not so famous) quotes.....

Art is the imagination expressed through the senses. -- unknown

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. -- Pablo Picasso

Art is what reveals to us the state of perfection. -- Ku-kai (774-835), speaking of Buddhist art

Art renders accessible to men of the latest generations all the feelings experienced by their predecessors and also those felt by their best and foremost contemporaries . . . [Art] is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feeling . . . Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that others are infected by those feelings and also experience them . . . A real work of art destroys in the consciousness of the recipient the separation between himself and the artist, and . . . also between himself and all whose minds receive this work of art. In this freeing of our personality from its separation and isolation, in this uniting of it with others, lies the chief characteristic and the great attractive force of art. -- Leo Tolstoy, writer, What is Art?

"Wickliffe Arts n Music is dedicated to beauty and inspiration through the various and infinite expressions of artists, to provide and share their works with the world, one individual at a time."

It is easy in our world to see what mankind is doing wrong. So to see even small places where man is doing something right is very inspiring. That is why every work of beauty is important. -- unknown

Where does beauty begin? Where does it end? Where it ends is where the artist begins. John Cage (1812 - 1992)

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), the famous Japanese Ukiyo-e Print artist said, "From the ago of five I have had passion for sketching the form of things, from about the age of fifty I showed a number of drawings, yet of all I drew prior to my seventies there is truly nothing of any great note. When I was seventy-two I finally made out something of the shape of grasses and trees, the structure of birds and other animals, insects, fishes. Therefore when I become eighty I shall have made more progress; in my nineties I shall have penetrated even further the hidden meaning of things; at the age of a hundred I shall have reached the divine mystery, and at one hundred and ten even dots and lines will surely possess a life of their own. I only beg those of you who will live long enough to verify the truth of my words."