Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

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

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

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?

Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else

Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

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

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

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn

It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking read more

It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.

Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on read more

Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them.