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Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
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
Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.
Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
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.]
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.]