Collection of phrases and quotes about art.
Beauty is a great recommendation in human commerce, and there is no one so barbarous or rude that does not feel hurt by its sweetness.
Men pass away, memories remain, as do the works of those who do something.
The talented man is naturally inclined to criticism, because he sees more things than other men and sees them better.
They tell me I'm not a woman of this century, because I like slow reading, and I insist that heavy books are the frivolous ones.
At times, music has the power to revive memories with such intensity that it even hurts the heart.
Imagination sometimes opens wings as large as the sky in a prison as large as the hand.
A wretched town makes great artists.
A beautiful face has more power to compel and accomplish than an armed man.
Only the beautiful is true, nothing is true without beauty.
The beauty that attracts rarely coincides with the beauty that captivates.
For the writer, there is a matter of intellectual honor in not writing anything subject to proof without first possessing it.
Technique is the effort to save effort.