Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, read more

Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, from every abstract form, from all that is of the brain only.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

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

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

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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.