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Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier.
No work of art is worth the bones of a Pomeranian Grenadier.
His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to read more
His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand;
His manners were gentle, complying, and bland;
Still born to improve in every part,
His pencil out faces, his manners are heart.
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 creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must read more
Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his
master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
[It., L'arte vostra quella, quanto puote,
Seque, come il maestro fa il discente;
Si che vostr'arte a Dio quasi e nipote.]
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
