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Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]
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
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
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.
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.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
