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Series of Art Quotations: Day Seven

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass. – Walter Pater Art validates us beyond what anyone else can do for us. – Anne Copeland Art! What a concept! … Continue reading

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Series of Art Quotations: Day Six

Art is both creation and recreation. – Lin Yutang Art thaws even the frozen, lofty soul, opening it to lofty spiritual experience. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Art is the gift of God and must be used unto His glory. – Henry … Continue reading

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Series of Art Quotations: Day Five

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. – Jean Cocteau There is art in any endeavor done well. – Irwin Greenberg Art is man’s nature. Nature is God’s art. – James Bailey All art is an attempt … Continue reading

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Series of Art Quotations: Day Four

I like how art can mean so many different things and can affect us in different ways. Today’s quotations continue along this theme. Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue. – Henri … Continue reading

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Series of Art Quotations – Day Three

The art quotations for today and the next few days will be about what art is and how it affects people. Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us. – Roy Adzak Great art … Continue reading

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Series of Art Quotations: Day Two

Today’s art quotations  are also about the role of artists. The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery. – Francis Bacon The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or … Continue reading

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Series of Art Quotations: Day One

Today I am starting  a series of posts containing quotations related to the theme of art and artists. The quotations for today and tomorrow are about the role of artists. The artist must create a spark before he can make … Continue reading

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GPS on the Ferry

A little over a week ago I drove to Victoria, BC, to visit my family. This involved, of course, a trip on the ferry from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay. I had just purchased a GPS device and was trying it … Continue reading

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A Random Footprint

Random Footprint in the Sand I really like how when we step we leave our footprints. We make a mark, an impression. We show in what direction we are going. We can create new paths. Where was the person who … Continue reading

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My Garden of Memories

Tomorrow will be my first Mother’s Day without my mom, as she passed away this past September. While I was thinking about this, and thinking about tomorrow, I realized that since she is now in heaven it will be her … Continue reading

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