So-called art restoration is at least as tricky as brain surgery. Most pictures expire under scalpel and sponge.

So-called art restoration is at least as tricky as brain surgery. Most pictures expire under scalpel and sponge.

That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than read more

That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen.

What is art but a way of seeing?.

What is art but a way of seeing?.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink read more

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.

Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.

Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.