Bad artists always admire each others work.

Bad artists always admire each others work.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; read more

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

In art, the obvious is a sin.