Beauty, Albert Einstein

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Art, Scott Adams

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

- Scott Adams (1957- )

Arts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Arts, André Malraux

History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history.

- André Malraux (1901-1976)

Art, Will Rogers

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?

- Will Rogers (1879-1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo

The Water Nymph

The Water Nymph (La Nymphe des eaux)

Artist: Herbert James Draper (1863–1920)
Title: The Water Nymph (Français: La Nymphe des eaux)

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Nymphs | 1920 paintings | Naiads | Nude sitting women in art | Paintings of sitting women | Herbert James Draper | Flower crowns in art

In the Tepidarium (John William Godward)

In the Tepidarium (John William Godward)

Title: In the Tepidarium
Artist: John William Godward
Date: 1913
Technique: Oil on canvas

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References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Godward
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Godward-In_the_Tepidarium-1913_retouched.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_William_Godward
http://akorra.com/2010/03/06/top-20-beautiful-female-nude-artwork/

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A Favourite Custom (Alma-Tadema, 1909)

A Favourite Custom (Alma-Tadema, 1909)

Artist: Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Title: A Favourite Custom
Year: 1909
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 660 x 451 mm

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possible from http://www.tate.org.uk Tate Britain

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Venus at the Bath (1901)

Venus at the Bath (1901)

Artist	John William Godward (1861–1922)
Title	Venus at the Bath
Year	1901
Technique	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	67 3/4 × 24 inches (172.1 × 61 cm)

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godward-Venus_at_the_Bath-1901.jpg

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Oil paintings of women | Venus (dea) | Paintings of nude standing females | Bathing women in art | Pre-Raphaelite paintings | 1901 paintings | John William Godward

Venus Binding her Hair

Venus Binding her Hair

Title: Venus Binding her Hair (Vénus nouant ses cheveux)
Artist: John William Godward (1861–1922)
Date: 1897

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http://www.artrenewal.org
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godward_-_Venus_Binding_Her_Hair.jpg

Campaspe

Campaspe

Title: Campaspe
Artist: John William Godward (1861–1922)
Date: 1896

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http://www.artrenewal.org/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godward_-_Campaspe.jpg

The Balance of the Zodiac

The Balance of the Zodiac

Artist: Luis Ricardo Falero (1851–1896)
Title: The Balance of the Zodiac (Français : La Balance du Zodiaque)
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 74.9 × 52.1 cm (29.49 × 20.51 in)

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Luis Ricardo Falero | Libra (astrology) | Paintings of adolescent girls

A Priestess (1893)

A Priestess (1893)

Title: A Priestess
Artist: John William Godward (1861–1922)
Date: 1893
Technique: Oil on canvas

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godward_A_Priestess2_1893.jpg

Psyche et L'Amour (1889)

Psyche et L'Amour (1889)

Description: Psyche et L'Amour
Date: 1889
Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Eros | Psyche | Amor and Psyche | Paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Woman with Seashell (1885)

Woman with Seashell (Femme au Coquillage)

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
Title: Woman with Seashell (Femme au Coquillage)
Year: 1885
Source: http://www.goodart.org/blog/WilliamBouguereau-FemmeAuCoquillage-1885Large.jpg

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nude_kneeling_women
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nude_women_by_posture
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nude_women

Lost Pleiad (1884)

Lost Pleiad (1884)

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
Title: Lost Pleiad (Français : L'Etoile Perdue)
Year: 1884
Dimensions: 195.5 × 95 cm
Source: http://www.artrenewal.org/

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The Pleiades (pronounced /ˈplaɪ.ədiːz/, also [ˈpliːədiːz]; from the Greek Πλειάδες [pleːˈades], Modern [pliˈaðes]), companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene. They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides. The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(Greek_mythology)

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Seated Nude (1884)

Seated Nude (1884)

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
Title: Seated Nude (Français: Nu assis)
Year: 1884

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Seated_Nude_(1884).jpg

La Nuit (1883)

La Nuit (1883)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)

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Dawn

Dawn

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
Title: Dawn
Year: 1881

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In the Tepidarium

In the Tepidarium

Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)
Title: In the Tepidarium
Date: 1881
Technique: Oil on canvas

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The tepidarium was the warm Roman bath. This painting shows a girl holding an ostrich feather and a strigel used for scraping the skin after soaping and oiling it. Alma-Tadema generally contrasted archaeologically accurate detail with aggressively modern figures and attitudes. He was also the most gifted exponent among Victorian painters in rendering exactly textures, surfaces and colours.

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References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tepidarium_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema_(1836-1912).jpg
http://akorra.com/2010/03/06/top-20-beautiful-female-nude-artwork/

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