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The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts.

The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts.

Joseph Joubert
Art, Real, Secret

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features

Joseph Joubert
Art, Philosophy, History

When the painter wishes to represent an event, he cannot place before us too great a number of personages; but he cannot employ too few when he wishes to portray an emotion.

Joseph Joubert
Art, Numbers, Wish
Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art.

Joseph Joubert
Art, Illusion, Charm
Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.

Joseph Joubert
Art, Thinking, Different
Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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