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Famous Mason Cooley Quotes
“The Muses inspire art and pretend not to notice when Mammon buys it.”
“Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.”
“A work of art is an echo chamber which repeats what people say about it.”
“All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.”
“In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either.”
“The nudes of art are not so distant from pornography as prudish pedants pretend.”
“Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it.”
“Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.”
“If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.”
“People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.”