Painting, which is essentially a rhythmic harmony of coloured spaces

Great art should come from the harmony of two lines.

Realism was the death of art.

..art lies in the fine choice. The artist does not teach us to see facts: he teaches us to feel harmonies.

Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities.

True Genius, like Armida’s wand, Can raise the spring from barren land. While all the art of Imitation, Is pilf’ring from the first creation.

In literature, in art, in life, I think that the only conclusions worth coming to are one's own conclusions . If they march with the verdict of the connoisseurs , so much the better for the connoisseurs ; if they do not so march , so much …