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I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more
I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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.]
Drawing is the true test of art.
Drawing is the true test of art.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking read more
It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.