The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.
Art Quotes
Art is choice.
The history of art is the history of revivals.
Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame.
Art, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape as “One day a wag – what would the wretch be at? Shifted a letter of the cipher RAT, And said it was a god’s name! . . .”
Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restrainst it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.
Art is the triumph over chaos.
Artlessness, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young.
I think that one’s art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows.
Painting, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
