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“You want to know what I want? I'll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared.”

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Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley is a renowned British actor, born on December 31, 1943. He is known for his exceptional performances in film, theater, and television, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 'Gandhi'. more

“All my life I have painted pictures so that certain people would drop dead when they looked at them, but I have not succeeded yet. The worst painting cant hurt you, but a bad driver can kill you, a bad judge can send you to the chair, a bad politician can ruin an entire country, That is why even a bad painting is sacred.”

People Country Certain Hurt Worst Painting Judging Politician Sacred Ruins Chairs Drivers Cant

Author:Man Ray

“Art is ruled uniquely by the imagination. Images are it's only wealth. It does not classify objects, it does not pronounce them real or imaginary, does not qualify them does not define them; it feels and presents them.”

Feels Doe Art Real Imagination Wealth Objects Art Is Imaginary

Author:Benedetto Croce

“When we look at thing, we must examine its essence and treat its appearance merely as an usher at the threshold, we must, once we cross the threshold, grasp the essence of the thing.”

Looks Crosses Essence Treats Appearance Threshold

Book:Selected works of Mao Tse-Tung

Source: Selected works of Mao Tse-Tung

“He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.”

Needs Mind Art Doors Genius Paint Popularity

Book:Memoirs and essays, illustrative of art, literature and social morals

Source: Memoirs and essays, illustrative of art, literature and social morals

“Art and religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstacy.”

Men Art Two Circumstances Ecstasy Alliances Rapture Two Roads Religion And Art

Author:Clive Bell

“We need religion for religions's sake, morality for morality's sake and art for art's sake.”

Needs Art Morality Sake

Author:Victor Cousin

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