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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.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the proper task of life.
Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.
Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.
High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
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High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
Et le buste
Survit la cite.]
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm;
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.