Beauty, Like Truth, Is Relative To The

I Too Am A Government.

I Have Studied The Art Of The Masters And The Art Of The Moderns, Avoiding Any Preconceived System And Without Prejudice. I Have No More Wanted To Imitate The Former Than To Copy The Latter; Nor Have I Thought Of Achieving The Idle Aim Of Art For Art's Sake.

The Expression Of Beauty Is In Direct Ratio To The Power Of Conception The Artist Has Acquired.

The Beautiful Is In Nature, And It Is Encountered Under The Most Diverse Forms Of Reality. Once It Is Found It Belongs To Art, Or Rather To The Artist Who Discovers It.

I Hope To Live All My Life For My Art, Without Abandoning My Principles One Iota.