“And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what is great, and to bow to it and acknowledge it and not attempt to extinguish great flames for the sake of making his own rushlight burn more brightly?” ShouldFirstsArtistConditionsBearsAgreeSakeBurningAcknowledgeFlamesBows Author:Felix Mendelssohn
“If an Artist love his Art for its own sake, he will delight in excellence wherever he meets it, as well in the work of another as in his own.” IfsWellsArtArtistExcellenceSakeDelightArtist Love Book:Lectures on Art, and Poems Source: Lectures on Art, and Poems
“There's obviously always danger in making music or art for art's sake. Even as Christians we can be guilty of that, being more about the art than the Artist who gave us this gift.” ArtChristianArtistDangerSakeGuilty Author:Steven Curtis Chapman
“Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way. It's no good being an illustrator who is saying a lot that is on his or her mind, if it has nothing to do with the text. . . the artist must override the story, but he must also override his own ego for the sake of the story.” IfsWayMindDifferentStoriesArtistEgoSakeTricksDifferent WaysIllustrationIllustrators Author:Maurice Sendak