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    His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
    His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
    Still born to improve in every part,
    His pencil out faces, his manners are heart.

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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),

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I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

by Vincent Van Gogh Found in: Art Quotes, Soul Quotes,
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Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

by Leonardo Da Vinci Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Art Quotes,
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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.

by Paul Cezanne Found in: Art Quotes,
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Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

by Dante ("dante Alighieri") Found in: Art Quotes,
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Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

by Alfred Sisley Found in: Art Quotes,
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It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
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It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.

by Robert Browning Found in: Art Quotes,
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There is nothing new in art except talent.rn

There is nothing new in art except talent.rn

by Anton Chekhov Found in: Art Quotes,
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