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Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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.]
All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The read more
All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The coin, Tiberius.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
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.
