It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. 1.24K
No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change. 602
All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent. 583
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. 547
All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. 3.38K
The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men’s lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. 584
Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever. 569
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it. 597
Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor 521
