The perfection of art is to conceal art.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.
The job of art is to chase ugliness away.
Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.
All art is a confession.
Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.
It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.