Lord Chesterfield Quotes About Art
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
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Sculpture and painting are very justly called liberal arts; a lively and strong imagination, together with a just observation, being absolutely necessary to excel in either; which, in my opinion, is by no means the case of music, though called a liberal art, and now in Italy placed even above the other two--a proof of the decline of that country.
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Most arts require long study and application, but the most useful art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire.
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One of the greatest difficulties in civil war is, that more art is required to know what should be concealed from our friends, than what ought to be done against our enemies.
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A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art.
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Lord Chesterfield
- Born: September 22, 1694
- Died: March 24, 1773
- Occupation: British Statesman
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