Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can read more

The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads from the keyboard long enough to claim it.

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - read more

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.