Collection of phrases and quotes about art.
If the world were clear, art would not exist.
The moment I am no longer anything but a writer, I will have ceased to be a writer.
To create is to live twice.
Music composes the discomposed spirits and relieves the labors that arise from the spirit.
The year that is abundant in poetry, tends to be abundant in hunger.
The pen is the tongue of the soul; whatever concepts are born within it, such will be its writings.
Poetry is perhaps enhanced by singing humble things.
The beauty of the body often indicates the beauty of the soul.
Art is above all a state of the soul.
The original writer is not the one who does not imitate anyone, but the one whom no one can imitate.
Works of art are divided into two categories: those I like and those I don't like. I don't know any other criteria.
Style is the dress of thought; and a well-dressed thought, like a well-dressed man, presents itself better.