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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.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
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As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
One sole meaning still the same:
This is Truth, eternal Reason,
Which from Beauty takes its dress,
And serene through time and season
Stands aye in loveliness.
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn
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.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
