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Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
Each of the arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of read more
Each of the arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more read more
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
The studio, a room to which the artist consigns himself for life, is naturally important, not only as workplace, but read more
The studio, a room to which the artist consigns himself for life, is naturally important, not only as workplace, but as a source of inspiration. And it usually manages, one way or another, to turn up in his product.
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far read more
The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far easier (and nearly always more profitable) to become a real estate agent.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
