The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose
within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator;
and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth
spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and
which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in
reference to the proposed result.
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Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
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 is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
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We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned to bottle our parent twain in the yelk of an
addled egg.
We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by
the cart,
But the devil never whoops, as he of old; It's clever, but is it
art?
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
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
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
