Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his read more

Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection
of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there
were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another.
In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of
God.

Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating read more

Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else

Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else

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.