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Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.

Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.

To me, art's highest purpose is to entertain, to enlighten, to inspire, to evoke emotion and to change an audience in some way, big or small.

If art has a purpose, it is to interpret life, reproduce it in fresh visions.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.