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The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must read more
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
[It., L'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,
Seque, come il maestro fa il discente;
Si che vostr'arte a Dio quasi e nipote.]
Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
