Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.

Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by read more

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by some relationship.
[Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se
continentur.]

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Drawing is the true test of art.

Drawing is the true test of art.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.

Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.

Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.