High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
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High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
Et le buste
Survit la cite.]

All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
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All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The coin, Tiberius.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

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),

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.