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Drawing is the true test of art.
Drawing is the true test of art.
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the proper task of life.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, read more
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; read more
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must read more
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
[It., L'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,
Seque, come il maestro fa il discente;
Si che vostr'arte a Dio quasi e nipote.]
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
