Artist Turner Prize

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    “The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, who follows blind instinct, strives to duplicate the reality of nature. The first one elevates art to its highest peak; the second one lowers it to its basest level.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “O shining Popocatapetl, It was thy magic hour:

    The houses, people, traffic seemed
    Thin fading dreams by day;
    Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
    They had stolen my soul away!”
    —Walter James Turner (1889–1946)

    “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
    —Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)