Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

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.

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 does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.

Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.

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.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by read more

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by some relationship.
[Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se
continentur.]