I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

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

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

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

Layer by layer art strips life bare.

Layer by layer art strips life bare.