Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.rn

There is nothing new in art except talent.rn

There is nothing new in art except talent.rn

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.

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 is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.

Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.