Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

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.

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot read more

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot be copied; it must be created.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an
art of writing.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an
art of writing.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit read more

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.