The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society.
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.
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.
The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing beneath his notice. If he is great enough, he will exalt every subject which he treats.
Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
Art is not meant to change the world.
The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.
All art is but imitation of nature.