There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by read more

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by some relationship.
[Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se
continentur.]

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

Art thou a friend to Roderick?

Art thou a friend to Roderick?