Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

All art requires courage.

All art requires courage.