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In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
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As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
One sole meaning still the same:
This is Truth, eternal Reason,
Which from Beauty takes its dress,
And serene through time and season
Stands aye in loveliness.
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
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All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The coin, Tiberius.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
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.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.