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Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
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.
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 signature of civilizations.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and
music are but the blazon of its read more
The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and
music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their
significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's
uses.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
