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 .

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

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is the lover's gift.

Beauty is the lover's gift.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to read more

His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to improve in every part,
His pencil out faces, his manners are heart.

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]

What is lovely never dies,
But passes into other loveliness,
Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air.

What is lovely never dies,
But passes into other loveliness,
Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air.