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The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make read more
The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit read more
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
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.]
Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else
Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else
It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that read more
It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn
