In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We allow for many more gradations of personality in life than we do in art.
The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.
Art is a tool by which society extends its perception.
In addition to giving comfort and joy, art also has the miraculous ability to let us live in other men's skins, to test our perceptions and beliefs against theirs, and perhaps to be changed as a result. It does this by portraying the world creatively, heightening our perception and enriching our understanding of things as they are.
The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
In any great art, you create a world, and you invite people into that world, and hopefully, it's fleshed out enough and you've explained it well enough.
Through art, you create your own world.
When art has changed, it's because the world was changing.
To create a work of art is to create the world.