The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A work of art does not appeal to the intellect. It does not appeal to the moral sense. Its… — George Inness Copy Share Image
The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion, — George Inness Copy Share Image
The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A work of… — George Inness Copy Share Image
The highest art is where has been most perfectly breathed the sentiment of humanity...Some persons suppose that landscape has no power of communicating human sentiment. But this is a great mistake. The civilized landscape peculiarly can: and therefore I love it more and think it more worthy of reproduction than that which is savage and untamed. It is more significant.… — George Inness Copy Share
The true use of art is, first, to cultivate the artist's own spiritual nature. — George Inness Copy Share Image
The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it conveys the… — George Inness Copy Share Image
