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Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit read more
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.
Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
 Art for art's sake.
 [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]  
 Art for art's sake.
 [Lat., Ars gratia artis.] 
Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of read more
Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run