The only valid thing in art is that which cannot be explained.

Georges Braque

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Topic

The mysterious Art

Author

Georges Braque

Medium

Interview

Language

Unclear

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Braque, George. Interviewed by John Richardson. New York Graphic Society, 1957.

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Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?

Joseph Welch

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Topic
Red Scare Cold War American politics
Speaker
Joseph Welch
Language
English
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Welch, Joseph. Quoted in No Sense of Decency, written by Robert Shogun. Ivan R. Dee, 2009, ch. 10. Originally a speech "Have You No Sense of Decency?" Army-McCarthy Hearings. 9 June 1954, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Art

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Topic
Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.