“The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
/
/
/
"The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work" – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work" – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
More Stories Like These
"Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being." – Carl Gustav Jung
“Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To …
"We have art in order not to die of the truth." – Friedrich Nietzsche
“We have art in order not to die of the truth.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known." – Oscar Wilde
“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” – Oscar Wilde
"Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them." – Franz Marc
“Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we …
"Authors and actors and artists and such – Never know nothing, and never know much" – Dorothy Parker
“Authors and actors and artists and such – Never know nothing, and never know much” – Dorothy Parker
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." – Henry Ward Beecher
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” – …
"Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection." – Bente Borsum
“Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.” – Bente Borsum
"Bad artists always admire each other’s work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected." – Oscar Wilde
“Bad artists always admire each other’s work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a …
"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary" – Pablo Picasso
“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary” – Pablo Picasso
"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." – John W. Gardner
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John W. Gardner