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Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.
Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.
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 the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.
Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose read more
The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose
within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator;
and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth
spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and
which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in
reference to the proposed result.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
