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It is not meant that the artist, in arriving at truth, must follow the way of the scientist, or, in stating it, the way of the philosopher.

— George Edward Woodberry

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✓Similar Perspectives

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

— Willa Cather

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

— Pablo Picasso

The artist needs to understand the truth that lies at the bottom of an enigma.

— John Maeda

The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.

— Flannery O'Connor

The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead.

— Luther Burbank

I'm an artist, not a philosopher.

— Robert Wilson

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.

— David Hockney

A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand, however, in what a mean way are critics allowed to pounce upon us.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.

— Gustave Flaubert

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.

— Arthur Erickson

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