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.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

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.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

Art is running away without ever leaving home.

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any
end, is art.

The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any
end, is art.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.