True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis

Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

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 never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.