Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned read more

We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned to bottle our parent twain in the yelk of an
addled egg.
We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by
the cart,
But the devil never whoops, as he of old; It's clever, but is it
art?

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.

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

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

There is no must in art because art is free

There is no must in art because art is free

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

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