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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

Rudyard Kipling
Art, Rude, Joy
Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) "The Conundrum of the Workshops"

Ah! What avails the classic bent And what the cultured word, Against the undoctored incident That actually occurred? And what is Art whereto we press Through paint and prose and rhyme- When Nature in her nakedness Defeats us every time?

Rudyard Kipling
Art, Real, Classic
Rudyard Kipling (1994). “The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling”, p.352, Wordsworth Editions

It's clever, but is it Art?

Rudyard Kipling
Art, Clever
Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) "The Conundrum of the Workshops"

No one accuses the Gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He hasn't the time. He serves at least three jealous gods—his horse and all its saddlery and harness; his gun, whose least detail of efficiency is more important than men's lives; and, when these have been attended to, the never-ending mystery of his art commands him.

Rudyard Kipling
Art, Horse, Military
"The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling: All novels, short stories, letters and poems".

Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

Rudyard Kipling
Sister, Dog, Art
Actions and Reactions (1909) "The Power of the Dog"

And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame, But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!

Rudyard Kipling
Money, Art, Stars
"When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted" l. 9 (1892)

We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a surplice peg, We have learned to bottle our parents twain in the yelk of an addled egg. We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by the cart, But the devil whoops, as he whooped of old; It's clever, but is it art?

Rudyard Kipling
Dog, Art, Horse
'The Conundrum of the Workshops' (1892)

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