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“The Academies of Art are nothing but great painting factories - those with talent are fed in at one end, and they come out as mechanical painting machines.”

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Author:Edvard Munch

“I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of each artist is but the result of his own inspiration and his own study of past tradition.”

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Author:Gustave Courbet

“[E]very man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential - unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969

“Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.”

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Book:His Masterpiece: Works Of Zola

Source: His Masterpiece: Works Of Zola

“Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”

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Author:Samuel Johnson