In the third year of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln ordered work to go ahead on the completion of the dome of the Capitol. When critics protested the diversion of labor and money from the prosecution of the war, Lincoln said, “If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign that we intend […]
Art Quotes
Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.
Art imitates nature in this: not to dare is to dwindle.
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes – ah, that is where the art resides.
Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.
Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.
Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener.
Art has no function. It is not necessary. It has nothing to do with what anyone wants you to do or wants it to be, nothing but you and itself. The work generates itself and ideas and progress and learning come out of doing the work in a particular way. Creative art is a learning […]
A painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
