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Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
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.
Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]
Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.