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.

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 .

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an
art of writing.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an
art of writing.

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.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite read more

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn