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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?

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Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.

by Walter Pater Found in: Art Quotes,
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All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by read more

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by some relationship.
[Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se
continentur.]

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Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!

Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!

by George Luks Found in: Art Quotes,
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Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Art Quotes,
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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite read more

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

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I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

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To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

by Andrew Wyeth Found in: Art Quotes,
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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

by Orson Welles Found in: Art Quotes,
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Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

by Novalis Found in: Art Quotes,
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