Art thou a friend to Roderick?

Art thou a friend to Roderick?

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.