Layer by layer art strips life bare.

Layer by layer art strips life bare.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

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.

Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make read more

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.