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Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is read more
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is no other.
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
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.
Anyone who says you can't see a thought simply doesn't know art.
Anyone who says you can't see a thought simply doesn't know art.
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.
Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong read more
Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong shade of oxblood that is known as Bruges red.
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.
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
