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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.
Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence
Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must read more
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
[It., L'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,
Seque, come il maestro fa il discente;
Si che vostr'arte a Dio quasi e nipote.]
Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]
Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring read more
Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.
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.
