Art Quote by Richard Steele

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

— William Hazlitt

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

— Quintilian

Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to…

— Samuel Johnson

The perfection of art is to conceal the sources.

— Austin O'Malley

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

— Paul Cezanne

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

— Iris Murdoch

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

— Oscar Wilde

“Elegance is the perfect disguise for our violent nature—a mask so convincing that we often fool ourselves the moment we don it.”

— Ashim Shanker

“Art is always more abstract than we fancy. Form and colour tell us of form and colour - that is all. It often seems…

— Oscar Wilde

Cunning is a short blanket--if you pull it over your face, you expose your feet.

— Austin O'Malley

Reveal art; conceal the artist.

— Gustave Flaubert

The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art,…

— Honore de Balzac