"In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament

All art is but imitation of nature

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed

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