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Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
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.
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.
Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, read more
Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, from every abstract form, from all that is of the brain only.
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose read more
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.
His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to read more
His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to improve in every part,
His pencil out faces, his manners are heart.
