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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.
Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.
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.
As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
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As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
One sole meaning still the same:
This is Truth, eternal Reason,
Which from Beauty takes its dress,
And serene through time and season
Stands aye in loveliness.
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.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
