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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
—Quintilian, *95 AD
The highest condition of art is artlessness.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1854
I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
—William Blake
1
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
—André Gide, 1950
The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
—Piet Mondrian, 1942
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
—Anonymous
2
It is the artist’s business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
—Romain Rolland, 1908
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A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
—George Moore, 1929
Imitation is suicide.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
1
As quoted, without a date, in several generally reliable sources, starting not later than 1997.
2
Broadly attributed to Michelangelo. Indeed his Sonnet 15 (circa 1550) carries a similar idea, but
in a longer form.
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
K. K. Likharev (ed.), Essential Quotes for Scientists and Engineers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63332-5_13
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
—Quintilian, *95 AD
The highest condition of art is artlessness.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1854
I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
—William Blake
1
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
—André Gide, 1950
The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
—Piet Mondrian, 1942
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
—Anonymous
2
It is the artist’s business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
—Romain Rolland, 1908
***
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
—George Moore, 1929
Imitation is suicide.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
1
As quoted, without a date, in several generally reliable sources, starting not later than 1997.
2
Broadly attributed to Michelangelo. Indeed his Sonnet 15 (circa 1550) carries a similar idea, but
in a longer form.
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
K. K. Likharev (ed.), Essential Quotes for Scientists and Engineers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63332-5_13
111