Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating read more

Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

Layer by layer art strips life bare.

Layer by layer art strips life bare.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!

Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!

Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

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 opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite read more

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.