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Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
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.
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must read more
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
[It., L'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,
Seque, come il maestro fa il discente;
Si che vostr'arte a Dio quasi e nipote.]
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
Drawing is the true test of art.
Drawing is the true test of art.
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
