Art
noun
A creative activity that people do, creating beautiful or interesting works, or the works created.
She enjoys painting as an art.
Often appears as...
- fine art
- visual art
noun
The techniques or methods of doing something, especially in a practical or clever way.
Cooking is an art that not everybody possesses.
Often appears as...
- the art of
- master the art
noun
A subject of study or a branch of knowledge.
The art of negotiation is important in business.
Often appears as...
- the art of
- study the art
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Academic
noun
Works produced by human creative skill and imagination.
I've always admired her art.
Often appears as...
- piece of art
- work of art
verb
Old use of 'are', used with 'thou'.
Thou art the best.
Often appears as...
- thou art
- art thou
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Formal
Archaic
noun
A creative activity that people do, creating beautiful or interesting works, or the works created.
She enjoys painting as an art.
Often appears as...
- fine art
- visual art
noun
The techniques or methods of doing something, especially in a practical or clever way.
Cooking is an art that not everybody possesses.
Often appears as...
- the art of
- master the art
noun
A subject of study or a branch of knowledge.
The art of negotiation is important in business.
Often appears as...
- the art of
- study the art
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Works produced by human creative skill and imagination.
I've always admired her art.
Often appears as...
- piece of art
- work of art
verb
Old use of 'are', used with 'thou'.
Thou art the best.
Often appears as...
- thou art
- art thou
Usage tips
Formal
Archaic
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Pro Tip 1/2Art Forms
Art can include traditional forms like painting and newer ones like digital media.
Digital art has gained popularity in the last decade.
Pro Tip 2/2Subjective Value
What's considered 'art' can vary greatly between cultures and individuals.
He considers graffiti to be true street art.
Pro Tip 1/2Art Forms
Art can include traditional forms like painting and newer ones like digital media.
Digital art has gained popularity in the last decade.
Pro Tip 2/2Subjective Value
What's considered 'art' can vary greatly between cultures and individuals.
He considers graffiti to be true street art.
Pro Tip 1/2Art Forms
Art can include traditional forms like painting and newer ones like digital media.
Digital art has gained popularity in the last decade.
Pro Tip 2/2Subjective Value
What's considered 'art' can vary greatly between cultures and individuals.
He considers graffiti to be true street art.
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What makes a poem … a...
toe the line between visual art and poetry. Meanwhile, E.E. Cummings wrote poems whose shapes were as important as the words themselves, in this case amplifying the sad loneliness of a single leaf falling through space. If the visual nature of poetry faded into the background, perhaps we'd be left with music,
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
that lets you participate and help us water the garden, remotely. And if you watered it a few times, we'd give you your own seed to plant. Now, this was an engineering project, and we published some papers on the system design of it, but we also thought of it as an art installation.
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My life as an outsider PIPE...
a missed it in the fashion industry because while at boss tyrunt a commercial business I also embody the art world make films installations and I show them in galleries and museums interestingly this condition has given me the freedom to be an immigrant within various disciplines
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Explore cave paintings...
Some have theorized that these artworks are the creation of hunters, or of holy men in trance-like states. And we've found examples created by men, women, and even children. And why did they create this art? Perhaps they were documenting what they knew about the natural world,
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The Art of Shaping a...
that life and death is a very real part of the creative process with bonsai and maybe the one thing that really separates it differentiates it from any other media that art can be created from if you don't respect that line you don't have anything in the end except for a
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
we come together, we brainstorm, and take up on that issue. So our most powerful tool is art, because we live in a very busy world where people are so busy in their life, and they don't have time to read. So we package our activism and we package our message in art.
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What is abstract...
They destroyed conventions of painting that had stood for centuries, forcing the art world to rethink them entirely. But one last reason why Jackson Pollock's work has stayed prominent stems from the specific objects he made, which embody fascinating contradictions.
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Questions No One Knows...
or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another. And yet we see no convincing evidence of any of it.
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Why do we have museums?...
ancient runic texts, and artifacts from the New World. In other curiosity cabinets, you could find genetic anomalies, precious stones, works of art, and religious and historic relics. Oh my. You might not want to touch that.
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How Tough is the African...
for anybody you know what i saw in that scene was tenacity resilience holding space taking up space ever since that day i have the art most respect for african buffaloes the very
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What makes a poem … a...
toe the line between visual art and poetry. Meanwhile, E.E. Cummings wrote poems whose shapes were as important as the words themselves, in this case amplifying the sad loneliness of a single leaf falling through space. If the visual nature of poetry faded into the background, perhaps we'd be left with music,
Video examples
Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
that lets you participate and help us water the garden, remotely. And if you watered it a few times, we'd give you your own seed to plant. Now, this was an engineering project, and we published some papers on the system design of it, but we also thought of it as an art installation.
Video examples
My life as an outsider PIPE...
a missed it in the fashion industry because while at boss tyrunt a commercial business I also embody the art world make films installations and I show them in galleries and museums interestingly this condition has given me the freedom to be an immigrant within various disciplines
Video examples
Explore cave paintings...
Some have theorized that these artworks are the creation of hunters, or of holy men in trance-like states. And we've found examples created by men, women, and even children. And why did they create this art? Perhaps they were documenting what they knew about the natural world,
Video examples
The Art of Shaping a...
that life and death is a very real part of the creative process with bonsai and maybe the one thing that really separates it differentiates it from any other media that art can be created from if you don't respect that line you don't have anything in the end except for a
Video examples
Boniface Mwangi: The day...
we come together, we brainstorm, and take up on that issue. So our most powerful tool is art, because we live in a very busy world where people are so busy in their life, and they don't have time to read. So we package our activism and we package our message in art.
Video examples
What is abstract...
They destroyed conventions of painting that had stood for centuries, forcing the art world to rethink them entirely. But one last reason why Jackson Pollock's work has stayed prominent stems from the specific objects he made, which embody fascinating contradictions.
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another. And yet we see no convincing evidence of any of it.
Video examples
Why do we have museums?...
ancient runic texts, and artifacts from the New World. In other curiosity cabinets, you could find genetic anomalies, precious stones, works of art, and religious and historic relics. Oh my. You might not want to touch that.
Video examples
How Tough is the African...
for anybody you know what i saw in that scene was tenacity resilience holding space taking up space ever since that day i have the art most respect for african buffaloes the very
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
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Robert Frost
American Poet
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
American Artist
I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
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William Blake
English Poet
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
We have art in order not to die of the truth.
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Will Smith
American Actor
When you create art, the world has to wait.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
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Michael Douglas
American Actor
The arts are a celebration of life.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
Art is my life and my life is art.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.
Quote examples
Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Quote examples
Robert Frost
American Poet
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
American Artist
I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
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William Blake
English Poet
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
We have art in order not to die of the truth.
Quote examples
Will Smith
American Actor
When you create art, the world has to wait.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
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Michael Douglas
American Actor
The arts are a celebration of life.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
Art is my life and my life is art.
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