“We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.” Art Book:The Middle Years Source: The Middle Years
“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force and beauty of it's process.” Art Author:Henry James
“Art lives upon discussion, upon experiment, upon curiosity, upon variety of attempt, upon the exchange of views and the comparison of standpoints.” ArtFictionArt Of Fiction Book:The Art of Fiction Source: The Art of Fiction
“..if I dont do something on the grand scale, it is that my genius is altogether imitative, and that I have nor recently encountered any very striking models of grandeur.” ArtGreatnessImitation Book:Roderick Hudson Source: Roderick Hudson
“Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance.” ArtEducationTheory Author:Henry James