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The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and
music are but the blazon of its read more
The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and
music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their
significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's
uses.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),
All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The read more
All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The coin, Tiberius.
There is no must in art because art is free
There is no must in art because art is free
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.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.