The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: read more

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

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 is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality read more

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

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.