Quotes by José Ortega y Gasset

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Art is the reflection of life; it is nature seen through a temperament; is the representation of the human...

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The arts are the noble senses through which man expresses to himself what cannot be crystallized into a formula in any other way.

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In art there is no play... All art is necessary; it consists in expressing by herself what she either could not and never will be able to express in any other way.

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Art, in the strictest sense, is always current art. Actuality gives life to the past, discovering in it similar forms and opposing forms. In this way the past is not indifferent to us, but remains somewhat fully updated.