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Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
 Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
 [Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
  Quidlibet audendi semper read more 
 Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
 [Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
  Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.] 
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.
To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the proper task of life.
 Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
 [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]  
 Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
 [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.] 
No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier.
No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier.