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> [Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/ancient-art-was-the-tyrant-of-egypt-the-mistress-of-greece-and-the/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

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## More by Henry Fuseli

> [When we idealize the real, we sacrifice to artistic fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/when-we-idealize-the-real-we-sacrifice-to-artistic-fancy/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Heaven and earth, advantages and obstacles, conspire to educate genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/heaven-and-earth-advantages-and-obstacles-conspire-to-educate-genius/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Tintoretto attempted to fill the line of Michelangelo with color, without tracing its principle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/tintoretto-attempted-to-fill-the-line-of-michelangelo-with-color/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Blake is damned good to steal from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/blake-is-damned-good-to-steal-from/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Life is rapid, art is slow, occasion coy, practice fallacious, and judgment partial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/life-is-rapid-art-is-slow-occasion-coy-practice-fallacious-and/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Art among a religious race produces relics; among a military one, trophies; among a commercial one, articles of trade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/art-among-a-religious-race-produces-relics-among-a-military-one/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [All actions and attitudes of children are graceful because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the moment - divested of affectation and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/all-actions-and-attitudes-of-children-are-graceful-because-they-are/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Our ideas are the offspring of our senses; we are not more able to create the form of a being we have not seen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/our-ideas-are-the-offspring-of-our-senses-we-are-not-more-able-to/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [The price of excellence is labor, and time that of immortality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/the-price-of-excellence-is-labor-and-time-that-of-immortality/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Expression alone can invest beauty with supreme and lasting command over the eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/expression-alone-can-invest-beauty-with-supreme-and-lasting-command/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [ Art among a religious race produces reliques \[sic\]; among a military one, trophies; among a commercial one, articles of trade. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/art-among-a-religious-race-produces-reliques-sic-among-a-military-one/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Nature puts me out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/nature-puts-me-out/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Art, like love, excludes all competition and absorbs the man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/art-like-love-excludes-all-competition-and-absorbs-the-man/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Selection is the invention of the landscape painter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/selection-is-the-invention-of-the-landscape-painter/)

[Henry Fuseli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fuseli/)

> [Indiscriminate pursuit of perfection infallibly leads to mediocrity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fuseli/indiscriminate-pursuit-of-perfection-infallibly-leads-to-mediocrity/)

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