Art Quote by William Ernest Henley
“This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.”
“This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.”
![“Art is beauty, and every exposition of art, whether it be music, painting, or the drama, should be subservient to that one great end. As long as nature is a means to the attainment of beauty, so-called realism is necessary and permissable [sic], but it must be realism enhanced by idealism and…” quote by Julia Marlowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf9/julia-marlowe-63941_art_art-is-beauty-and-every-exposition-of-ar_273124.jpg)
![“Behold me waiting—waiting for the knife… The thick, sweet mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life… [F]ace to face with chance, I shrink a little: My hopes are strong, my will is something weak. ...I am ready But, gentlemen my porters, life is brittle: You carry Cæsar and…” quote by William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a68/william-ernest-henley-15193_aces_behold-me-waiting-waiting-for-the-knife_269698.jpg)
