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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
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 supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.
Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.
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.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.
Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.
High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
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High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
Et le buste
Survit la cite.]
