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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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...

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...

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Civilization is what makes you sick.

Civilization is what makes you sick.

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...

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.

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...

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...

I close my eyes in order to see.

I close my eyes in order to see.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.