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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
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.]
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Drawing is the true test of art.
Drawing is the true test of art.