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Wendy Beckett, born on February 25, 1930, is an accomplished television presenter known for her unique hosting style and in-depth analysis of news events.

Meditations on peace

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The Story of Painting

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“We know great art by its effect on us. If we are prepared to look without preconceptions, without defenses, without haste, then art will change us.”

Ifs Knows Looks Art Effects Prepared Defense Great Art Haste Preconceptions

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“Prejudice is always dangerous.”

Dangerous Danger Prejudice

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“All in Dali is indeed contrived, a brilliant illustration of his own psyche as he understands it, as opposed to how it truly may have been.”

May Has Beens Brilliant Deception Illustration

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“The dream world, the true freedom of the imagination, does not open to self-conscious manipulation.”

World Doe Self Dream Imagination Conscious Manipulation Self Conscious True Freedom Dream World

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“The experiential test of whether this art is great or good, or minor or abysmal is the effect it has on your own sense of the world and of yourself. Great art changes you.”

World Art Effects Greatness Art Is Tests Minors Great Art

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“Walking rapidly - or even slowly - through a gallery is equivalent to browsing through a bookstore and reading the blurbs.”

Reading Walking Museums Gallery Bookstores Browsing

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“You are not a saint because you keep the rules and are blameless; you are a saint if you live in the real world, going out and loving the real people God has put into your life.”

People Ifs World Real Saint Real World Going Out Blameless

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“If continually people look and look and always come away enriched, then it's a great work”

People Ifs Looks Great Work

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“A work of art is great to the extent that to encounter it is to be changed.”

Art Changed Art Is Encounters Works Of Art

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“Again and again I've taken quick glances and then for some reason I've got to sit before a picture waiting and it's opened up like one of those Japanese flowers that you put into water and something I thought wasn't worth more than a casual, respectful glance begins to open up depth after depth of meaning.”

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“All great art is a visual form of prayer.”

Art Form Prayer Art Is Visuals Great Art

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“There is no life without work, anxieties or tensions. Peace is not found in avoiding these but in understanding them and controlling their force.”

Found Force Understanding Inspirational Life Anxiety Tension Avoiding

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“Looking at art is one way of listening to God.”

Way Art Listening Art Is One Way Listening To God

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“A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom.”

Mean Art Country Artist Poor Theater Library Museums

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“Great art changes you.”

Art Great Art

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About the Author

Born: February 25, 1930
Known for: Presenter
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