Art Quote by Kafu Nagai Download Open image “Nature as it is-nature with nothing selected or discarded from it-cannot become a work of art.” — Kafu Nagai ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Discarded Nature Selected Works of art
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art. — Man Ray Copy Share Image
Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
That which exists in nature is a something purely individual and particular. Art, on the contrary, is essentially destined to manifest the general. — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Art is a product of nature in general, in the particular form of human nature. — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
Knowing this to be a worthless life to live, why do I keep living on? Because this life contains something called beauty7. — Kafu Nagai Copy Share Image
I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as… — Kafu Nagai Copy Share Image
Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about… — Kafu Nagai Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image