Abstract art
Abstract art must be the conclusion of a figurative past, or must not exist.
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Academies
The nude is more beautiful than academies
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Accumulate
The artist accumulates his ideas, his errors and his colours
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Accumulates
Caesar compresses them; Arman accumulates them.
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Acquire
To acquire a work is to create one’s own small museum.
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Actors
Two actors to be famous: the politician and the good trader.
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Adultery
The person who wrongs always ends up being jealous of the spouse.
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Advertising
Advertising: the poster is still there
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Agasse
Agasse, a famous painter whose name begins with “A”.
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Alabaster
She was made for the sculptor: she had the body of alabaster.
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Allegory
What there is in allegory is like what is in dreams.
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Alloy
The alloy is the mix of the founder.
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Aluminium
Certain impressions are made by contact, others on aluminium.
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Amateur
The American amateur pays a lot for what he will re-sell for a lot.
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Anatomy
The anatomy is a difficult material to hold on to; the nude is too
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Anthology
Anthology is just the result of the same choice.
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Antique dealer
The antique dealer, this secondhand trader in what is rare and beautiful.
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Antique hunting
Antique hunting has become the favourite French pastime
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Antiquity
Antiquity is a period; it is also an object.
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Architecture
Architecture is only great if it escapes from itself.
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Art
Art is the condiment which makes our lives less bland.
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Art
Art is made to disconcert, science to reassure.
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Art
Using one’s senses for art is what distinguishes man from the other animals.
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Art critic
The art critic has always made me laugh; perhaps in order not to cry
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Art dealer
The art dealer should collect the very beautiful and sell the rest
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Art lover
The art lover is a potential art dealer.
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Artist
The artist is different to the common run of people.
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Arts and crafts
Arts and crafts is the smallest of industries.
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Assembling
The assembling of objects is similar to that of lovers: rarely fertile
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Attribute
When the expert is not certain, he attributes it to …..
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Auctioneer
Auctioneer; it is time to change the name of the profession
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Audiovisual
The audiovisual has no thoughts for the hearing aid or the white cane
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Author
Whatever the size, he who creates is called an author
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Authority
To be accepted as an authority is also to carry a lot of weight
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Autobiography
The autobiography is the shortest summary of one’s memories
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Autograph
The autograph is a tiny drawing
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Avant-garde
To be avant-garde is to go forward whilst protecting the rear
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Average
The average valuation for an artist is the equivalent of the handicap for a golfer or the ranking for a tennis player. Then come the surprise performances !
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