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There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made read more
There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose read more
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose
within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator;
and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth
spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and
which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in
reference to the proposed result.
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 bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, read more
Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, from every abstract form, from all that is of the brain only.
