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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art
Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art
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.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.
Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.
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.
A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered.
A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered.
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.