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All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The read more
All passes, Art alone
Enduring stays to us;
The Bust out-lasts the throne,--
The coin, Tiberius.
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.]
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
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 supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.
Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.
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 is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
