Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier.

No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis

Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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 the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; read more

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.