Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Every good painter paints what he is.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.