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 creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.

One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.

We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned read more

We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned to bottle our parent twain in the yelk of an
addled egg.
We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by
the cart,
But the devil never whoops, as he of old; It's clever, but is it
art?

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within read more

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul