The base of all artistic genius is the power of conceiving humanity in a new, striking, rejoicing way, of putting a happy… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
Refine your senses through the great masters of music, painting, and poetry. — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
I do not see why the loss of faith in the known image and symbol in our time should be celebrated as… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to do with… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
Whoever can endure unmixed delight, whoever can tolerate music and painting and poetry all in one, whoever wishes to be rid of… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to… — Edward Gargan Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, what was made in the hope of transforming the world need not be rejected because it failed to do so –… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
