"All art is immortal. For emotion for..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of action is the aim of life.
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More on Art
“A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.”
“I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution - but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.”
“I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is genius.”
More on Life
“Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity.”
“The world is my stage. I try to be good at it, whatever part I'm playing - even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits me on the stage to perform - I gotta be alive every second in this world. With or without the applause!”
“Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.”