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.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit read more

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality read more

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.