Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

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 for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

Art for art's sake.
[Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his read more

Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection
of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there
were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another.
In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of
God.

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.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]

Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting.
[Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]