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The object of art is to give life a shape. [Midsummer Nights Dream] William Shakespeare The object of art is to give life a shape. [Midsummer Nights Dream]Arts and ArtistsQuotations by William Shakespeare
New arts destroy the old. Ralph Waldo Emerson New arts destroy the old.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other. Oscar Wilde In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Oscar Wilde
The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men. Ralph Waldo Emerson The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well. Duke of Buckingham Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.Arts and ArtistsQuotations by Duke of Buckingham