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Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
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.]
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the proper task of life.
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
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.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.