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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
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.
Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.
Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid read more
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.
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.
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
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.
