Collection of phrases and quotes about art.
Reinforced concrete is an honest and useful muse, and perhaps in the hands of a brilliant architect it would be admirable; but when it gets out of control and feels bold, like a cook turned cabaret singer, it commits such horrors that it should be restrained and taken to jail.
It seemed so beautiful to me that I couldn't remember how it looked afterwards.
Literature cannot reflect all the darkness of life. The main reason is that literature chooses, and life does not.
The music is an art that is beyond the bounds of reason; the same can be said about whether it is beneath or above it.
The world, for us, is representation, as Schopenhauer said; it is not an absolute reality, but a reflection of essential ideas.
Eternity is one of the rare virtues of literature.
I will not reason, nor compare; my task is to create.
In a flock of white doves, a black crow adds even more beauty than the candor of a swan.
My criticisms are light and without venom, because there is none in my heart, and I detest it in literature.
I usually read the preface in all the books, because sometimes it tends to be the best part of the work.
The art of painting consists of lightening and darkening the tones without decorating them.
Beauty is that beautiful mystery that neither psychology nor rhetoric can decipher.