Monday Motivation: Ten Art Quotes That Will Surprise You

A Red Rothko. 

"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy. I'm telling you it's going to be worth it."
--Art Williams

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Living isn't a simple thing... no one said it's supposed to be.
--Art Alexakis

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The two best interview subjects are children under 10 and people over 70 for the same reason: they say the first thing that comes to their mind. The children don't know what they're saying and the old folks don't care.
--Art Linkletter

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Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love record making and mixing, arranging, producing. That I love. I love to make beautiful things, but I don't like to perform.
 --Art Garfunkel

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Life is available to anyone no matter what age. All you have to do is grab it.
--Art Carney

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Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.
--Art Blakey

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Remember, before you can be great, you've got to be good. Before you can be good, you've got to be bad. But before you can even be bad, you've got to try.
--Art Williams

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If you don’t see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you’re not going to resonate very much.
--Art Shaw

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There is no such thing as a wrong note.
--Art Tatum

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All you have to do is be able to feel.
--Art Blakey

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ON THIS DAY in 1903, American painter Mark Rothko was born. Whatever your feelings about abstract art in general and color field painting in particular, the 2014 play RED provides insights into the mind of the artist and why he was influential.

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Meantime, Arts go on all around you.