Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: read more

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence

Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful
how we confound them.

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.

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered.

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.