Quotes
<< Prev Next >>
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth
Art is the daughter of freedom
Art is difficult, transient is her reward
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men
There is a great amity between designing and art
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist
Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it
There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable
Search
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays