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Art thou a friend to Roderick?
Art thou a friend to Roderick?
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
There is nothing new in art except talent.rn
There is nothing new in art except talent.rn
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
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.
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.