All art is but imitation of nature.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
Art is man's nature; nature is God's art.
Sometimes art imitates life.
All nature is but art unknown to thee.
Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.
Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
Art is Art. Everything else is everything else.