The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

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.

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates read more

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

I invent nothing, I rediscover.

I invent nothing, I rediscover.