Nature of art

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Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

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Hockney, David. The Guardian. 26 Oct. 1988.

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What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of trouble and depressing subject matter. An art which might be for every mental worker, be he businessman or writer, like an appeasing influence, like a mental soother, something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.

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Liberman, Alexander. The Artist in His Studio. The Viking Press, 1960.

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Fine art can only be defined as exclusive, negative, absolute and timeless. It is not practical, useful, related, applicable, or subservient to anything else.

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Reinhardt, Ad. "Twelve Rules for a New Academy." ARTnews, May 1957.

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