Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
The arts teach and moralise by their beauty alone, not by translating a philosophical or social formula. For the truly artistic person, painting has itself as it's purpose, which is quite enough.
High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
To extract beauty from one's own milieu is one of the most difficult tasks of art.
[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.
