"One judges an epoch as much by its Art as by its customs ."

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“The great artist is conscious of the talent and power he possesses otherwise he would not see his faults and so would not be able to improve.”

“Movement is the translation of life and if art depicts life,movement should come into art,since we are only aware of life,because it moves.”

“The only way to development cultivating one's own innate powers.”

“It is true that the environment does have an influence but what has much greater effect on the artist is love or hatred.He uses his setting to express these things.”

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— John Constable

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— Barnett Newman

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— Alan Greenspan

Economics1926

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