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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
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 my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking read more
It is the glory and good of Art,
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.
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.]
