Arts: 2012

Advice, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Art, Francois Cavanna

When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.

- François Cavanna (1923- )

Greek Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή. - Hippokratēs Life is short, art is long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgement difficult. - Hippocrates (460BC–370BC)

Aphrodite in post-antique sculpture, Museum Willet-Holthuysen, Amsterdam

Description	Français : Museum Willet-Holthuysen, à Amsterdam
Date	20 October 2012, 16:16:47
Source	Own work
Author	Remi Mathis

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Art, Seneca

All art is an imitation of nature.

- Seneca

Beauty, Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Nature and Selected Essays