“Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance”
“Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance”
“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything”
“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.”
“Art is the proper task of life”
“Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth”
“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude”