It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Oscar Wilde Quotes
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time and prevents arguments.
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but molds it to its purpose.
