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His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to read more
His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to improve in every part,
His pencil out faces, his manners are heart.
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the proper task of life.
