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Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.
Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
One day the world will look upon research
on animals as it now looks upon research on human beings.
Da read more
One day the world will look upon research
on animals as it now looks upon research on human beings.
Da Vinci.
Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, read more
What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.
I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the read more
I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the fantasy.
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgments. An artist recreates those aspects of reality read more
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgments. An artist recreates those aspects of reality which represent his fundamental view of man's nature.
