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Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn
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.
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
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.]
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, read more
Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, from every abstract form, from all that is of the brain only.
Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.
Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.
