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Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on read more
Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them.
Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.
Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.
The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make read more
The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
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.
Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his read more
Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection
of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there
were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another.
In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of
God.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist
The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist