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It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
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 resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.
The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]
Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
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.
