Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

This ae nighte, this ae nighte
Every nighte and all;
Fire and sleete, and candle lighte
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This ae nighte, this ae nighte
Every nighte and all;
Fire and sleete, and candle lighte
And Christe receive thye saule.

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from read more

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on read more

Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them.

Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.

Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

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.]