“The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct merit”
“The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct merit”
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”
“The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.”
“The history of art is the history of revivals”
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
“Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty”
“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse”