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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
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.
Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
All autobiography is self-indulgent.
All autobiography is self-indulgent.
Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and read more
Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.
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.
Balance is the enemy of art.
Balance is the enemy of art.
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.
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.