Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts / the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

It does not much matter that an individual loses two or three hundred pounds in buying a bad picture, but it is to be regretted that a nation should lose two or three hundred thousand in raising a ridiculous building.

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.