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It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking read more
It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
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.]
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.
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.
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
