“An empty canvas is a living wonder… far lovelier than certain pictures.” — Wassily Kandinsky
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“Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.” — Alma Gluck | #Art
“Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.” — Alma Gluck
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.” — John Keats | #Art
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.” — John Keats
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.” — Charles Horton Cooley | #Art
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.” — Charles Horton Cooley
“Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” — Thomas Wolfe | #Art
“Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” — Thomas Wolfe
“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.” — Jessamyn West | #Art
“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.” — Jessamyn West
“I cry out for order and find it only in art.” — Helen Hayes | #Art
“I cry out for order and find it only in art.” — Helen Hayes
“The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can’t have both.” — Ben Hecht | #Art
“The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can’t have both.” — Ben Hecht
“It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.” — Paul Cezanne | #Art
“It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.” — Paul Cezanne
“You know, if one paints someone’s portrait, one should not know him if possible.” — Otto Dix | #Art
“You know, if one paints someone’s portrait, one should not know him if possible.” — Otto Dix
