Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.

The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.

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.]

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; read more

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the read more

Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

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