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It is the artist's function not to copy but to synthesise: to eliminate from that gross confusion of actuality which is his raw material whatever is accidental, idle, irrelevant, and select for perpetuation that only which is appropriate and immortal.

Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal - however permanent it may be - than the creative process itself, the process of composition.

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

Art is not meant to change the world.

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.