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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and
music are but the blazon of its read more
The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and
music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their
significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's
uses.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the proper task of life.
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
