Layer by layer art strips life bare.

Layer by layer art strips life bare.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

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.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

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.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.