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“I find myself moved by man in his new violent environment. I want to paint this explicitly and beautifully.”

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Jeffrey Smart, born on July 26, 1921, was an Australian painter with an international reputation. His works are known for their unique style and profound insight into everyday life. more

“Beauty imposes reverence in the Spring, Grave as the urge within the honeybuds, It wounds us as we sing. Beauty is joy that stays not overlong. Clad in the magic of sincerities, It rides up in a song. Beauty imposes chastenings on the heart, Grave as the birds in last solemnities Assembling to depart.”

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Author:Shaw Neilson

“No one can say I married my husband for his money. I married him because he's a beautiful art object.”

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Author:Mary Fairfax

“The beauty of the air, from the air... You haven't seen Australia unless you see it from the air. The coastline, the colours of the inland. The claypans, the forests. It's just all so beautiful. You'd never see that from the road. People climb mountains to see these things. You see that every time you take off.”

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Author:Nancy Bird Walton

“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”

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Author:Jean Cocteau

“I have always had, as I know many people have, a singular passion for Australia. I do love the sunburnt country, its ancient landscapes, its exhilarating reaches of sand and sea.”

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Author:Peter Garrett

“All the unhallowed beauty I have found; All free - discordant shrills and form-defying wonders above ground, like writhen trees with draggled foliage struggling along the courses of wayback creeks; scarlet - and - green sky - streaking parrot - fires with parrot shrieks echo - shattering the shoulders of the hills; and desert - sunset - rage Rage for my mind, be clamant, do not cease you are my holiest habitat of peace.”

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Author:Rex Ingamells

“When most objects are truly functional, this technological age, which is just beginning, will be truly civilised. When all objects in this country are truly functional, Australia will be as beautiful in its own way as classical Greece.”

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Book:Artificial Australia

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“I am first and foremost a musician, although those of us who live elsewhere still dream about the inspirational qualities of Australia and its ravishing transcendental beauty.”

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Author:Roger Woodward

“Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.”

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Author:Russell Crowe

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