The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Quote by Paul Gauguin

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Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of...

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of...

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every...

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every...

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone...

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone...

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating...

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating...

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the...

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the...

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to...

$Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to...$

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I close my eyes in order to see.

I close my eyes in order to see.

The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up...

The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up...

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet...

In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet...

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated...

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated...

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result...

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result...

Civilization is what makes you sick.

Civilization is what makes you sick.