Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence

Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence

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.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire

In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]

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.