Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it is the same with this art as with all others: only the capacity for it is innate; the art itself must be learned and painstakingly practiced.
Art Quotes
The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist.
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.
The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can’t have both.
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance… and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.
A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!
Every art is best taught by example. Nothing contributes more to the cultivation of propriety than remarks on the works of those who have most excelled.
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
