The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and Nature alone forms the great artist.

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable

As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth, eternal Reason, Which from Beauty takes its dress, And serene through time and season Stands aye in loveliness.

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.