Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

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.]

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The read more

All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The coin, Tiberius.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

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.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.