In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.
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Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it.
An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.
An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.
To create a work of art is to create the world.
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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