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Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must read more
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
[It., L'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,
Seque, come il maestro fa il discente;
Si che vostr'arte a Dio quasi e nipote.]
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
