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Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit read more
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.
You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.
You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
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.
There is no must in art because art is free
There is no must in art because art is free
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose read more
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose
within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator;
and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth
spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and
which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in
reference to the proposed result.
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.
