Indeed, it is only by means of the rigid and regular web of concepts that the waking man clearly sees that he is awake; and it is precisely because of this that he sometimes thinks that he must be dreaming when this web of concepts is torn by art.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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The purpose of art is to stop time.

Bob Dylan

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I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

Lady Gaga

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Art can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man.

Leo Tolstoy

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Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

Franklin Roosevelt

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The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.

Nelson Mandela

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