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“Pure draughtsmen are philosophers and dialecticians. Colourists are epic poets.”

Poet Pure Philosopher Colour Epic

Book:Art in Paris 1845-1862: salons and other exhibitions

Source: Art in Paris 1845-1862: salons and other exhibitions

“Did the poet use red to symbolize blood? Anger? Lust? Or is the wheelbarrow simply red because red sounded better than black?”

Use Black Blood Poet Red Lust Colour Wheelbarrows

Book:Thirteen Reasons Why

Source: Thirteen Reasons Why

“The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts.”

Art Real Form Poetry Artist Lord Poet Masters Musician Supreme Colour

Book:The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

“There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate--not to the artist but to the public.... Without them we would judge a man simply by his work; but at present the newspapers are trying hard to induce the public to judge a sculptor, for instance, never by his statues but by the way he treats his wife; a painter by the amount of his income and a poet by the colour of his necktie.”

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“I testify to rainbow feathers, to the span of heaven and walls of colour, the colonnades of jasper.”

Poetry Heaven Poet Wall Colour Rainbow Feathers

Book:Trilogy

Source: Trilogy

“Love seems to beautify and inspire all nature. It raises the earthly caterpillar into the ethereal butterfly, it paints the feathers in spring, it lights the glowworm's lamp, it wakens the song of birds, and inspires the poet's lay. Even inanimate Nature seems to feel the spell, and flowers glow with the richest colours.”

Feels Light Seems Song Inspire Poet Flower Spring Bird Raises Lays Paint Colour Spells Butterfly Feathers Lamps Caterpillars Ethereal

Author:John Lubbock