“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Art
Henry Ward Beecher on Art
Paul Valery on Poetry
“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.” Continue reading
Antoine De Saint-Exupery on Imagination
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” Continue reading
William Shakespeare on Imagination
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Music
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Continue reading
Pablo Picasso on Imagination
“Everything you can imagine is real.” Continue reading
Stanley Kubrick on Movies
“A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.” Continue reading
Lord Acton on Business
“I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.” Continue reading
James Thurber on Art
“He knows all about art, but he doesn’t know what he likes.” Continue reading
Horace on Poetry
“No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.” Continue reading
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