art Quotes

Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.

A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

When writing the plot and choosing the right words, the poet should imagine the scene as clearly as possible. By seeing everything vividly, as if watching it happen, they will find what fits and are less likely to miss inconsistencies.

Talent is culture with insolence.

That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.

Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions; music has thus the power to form character, and the various kinds of music based on various modes... ...

Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the commonplace.