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.

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered.

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.rn

Art is the proper task of life.

Art is the proper task of life.

His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to read more

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.

It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that read more

It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot read more

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot be copied; it must be created.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.