Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink read more

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist.

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist.

For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than read more

For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is credit due? to the designer of the camera? To the finger on the button? tso the law of averages?

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

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