Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

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.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true read more

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

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.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason read more

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.

No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.

No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.