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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.
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.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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.
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 always has something of the unconscious about it.
Art always has something of the unconscious about it.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own
nature into his pictures.
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
