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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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.
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.
Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.
When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove read more
When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent read more
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
