art
There is a chalice made with art profound, And with its Maker’s approbation crow — Omar Khayyám
Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it — Oscar Wilde
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease t — Oscar Wilde
Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person wh — Oscar Wilde
Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the vaunted works of Art The master stroke is Nature's part. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as muc — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every artist was first an amateur. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Discobolus is put here because he is vulgar — He has neither vest nor pants — Samuel Butler
A great portrait is always more a portrait of the painter than of the painted. — Samuel Butler