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

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

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

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
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As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
One sole meaning still the same:
This is Truth, eternal Reason,
Which from Beauty takes its dress,
And serene through time and season
Stands aye in loveliness.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn

The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose read more

The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose
within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator;
and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth
spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and
which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in
reference to the proposed result.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
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Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection
of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there
were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another.
In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of
God.