All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, read more

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

All art requires courage.

All art requires courage.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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.

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?

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within read more

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

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

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