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

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

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

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 .

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite read more

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by read more

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by some relationship.
[Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se
continentur.]

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn