Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is read more

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, read more

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.