Classical Art Stands For Form; Romantic Art

History Is For Human Self-knowledge. Knowing Yourself Means Knowing, First, What It Is To Be A Person; Secondly, Knowing What It Is To Be The Kind Of Person You Are; And Thirdly, Knowing What It Is To Be The Person You Are And Nobody Else Is. Knowing Yourself Means Knowing What You Can Do; And Since Nobody Knows What They Can Do Until They Try, The Only Clue To What Man Can Do Is What Man Has Done. The Value Of History, Then, Is That It Teaches Us What Man Has Done And Thus What Man Is.

As A Child Growing Up Among Artists I Learned To Think Of A Picture Not As A Finished Product Exposed For The Admiration Of The Virtuosi, But As The Visible Record, Lying About The House, Of An Attempt To Solve A Definite Problem In Painting.

Classical Art Stands For Form; Romantic Art For Content.

The Artist Must Prophesy Not In The Sense That He Foretells Things To Come, But In The Sense That He Tells His Audience, At The Risk Of Their Displeasure, The Secrets Of Their Own Hearts

A Man Ceases To Be A Beginner In Any Given Science And Becomes A Master In That Science When He Has Learned That... He Is Going To Be A Beginner All His Life.