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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.
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.
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
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 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.
Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence
Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist
The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist