In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature’s part.
Art Quotes
Art imitates Nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
Where the world ceases to be the stage for personal hopes and desires, where we, as free beings, behold it in wonder, to question and to comtemplate, there we enter the realm of art and of science. If we trace out what we behold and experience through the language of logic, we are doing science; […]
It depends on the mood of the man, whether he shall see the sunset or the fine poem. There are always sunsets, and there is always genius; but only a few hours so serene that we can relish nature or criticism. The more or less depends on structure or temperament.
Art has no history – there is only a continuous present.
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
Art is the surest and safest civilizer.
Art helps nature, and experience art.
Every artist writes his own autobiography.
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
