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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.
Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring read more
Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.
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 for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]
Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within read more
To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul
