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Drawing is the true test of art.
Drawing is the true test of art.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within read more
To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul
As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
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As all Nature's thousands changes
But one changeless God proclaim;
So in Art's wide kingdom ranges
One sole meaning still the same:
This is Truth, eternal Reason,
Which from Beauty takes its dress,
And serene through time and season
Stands aye in loveliness.
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis