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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),
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
There is nothing new in art except talent.rn
There is nothing new in art except talent.rn
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
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.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.