The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered.

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on read more

Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them.

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

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.]