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Michael Kimmelman is a renowned author born on May 8, 1958. His work spans a wide range of fields, including art, culture, and architecture.

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“Art provides us with clues about how to live our own lives more fully... art becomes our entree to the sublime.”

Art Art Is Sublime Clue Entrees

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“The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having.”

Art Form Consolation Collectors

Book:The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa

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“Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art.”

Art Education Lessons Ordinary Affair

Book:The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa

Source: The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa

“Art is not just about what's great or expensive or scandalous or famous. It's a mirror we hold up that looks different to everyone who sees it, and whose beauty lies as much in us, and our capacity to dream.”

Looks Art Different Dream Lying Art Is Capacity Mirrors Expensive Scandalous

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“Art, not unlike raising children... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you.”

May Children Art Effort Sacrifice Produce Periods Despair Luck Raising Children

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“Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job.”

Art Jobs Left Circumstances Standards Ordinary Disappear Left Alone

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Born: May 8, 1958
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