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Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
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.
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring read more
Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.
The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make read more
The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work
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.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
