art Quotes

Art takes nature as its model.

The virtue as the art consecrates itself constantly to what's difficult to do, and the harder the task, the shinier the success.

The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.

Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same... ...

Rhetoric can be described as the skill of finding all possible ways to persuade in any given situation. This is unique to rhetoric and not part of any other art.

Therefore, poetry is more philosophical and serious than history, because its statements are more universal, while history's are specific.

The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.

When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.

Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.

In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.