Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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A work of art rests its merits in traditional qualities. It may constitute a remarkable feat in craftsmanship; it may be a searching study of psychological states; it may be a nostalgic glance backward; it may be any one of an infinite number of concepts, none of which may have any possible bearing upon its degree of newness.

Ben Shahn's Popular Quotes

Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists.

- Ben Shahn

Form is the shape of content.

- Ben Shahn

Paint what you are, paint what you believe, paint what you feel.

- Ben Shahn

I love chaos.... It's the poetic element in a dull and ordered world.

- Ben Shahn

It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.

- Ben Shahn

To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter.

- Ben Shahn

I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.

- Ben Shahn

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

- Ben Shahn

An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to…

- Ben Shahn