Seldom Is A Gothic Head More Beautiful

Since 1789 History Has Had A New Perspective, Revolution Being A Successful Revolt, And Revolt A Revolution That Has Failed.

To Command Is To Serve, Nothing More And Nothing Less.

If Modern Painters Feel Qualms About Applying The Term "masterpiece" To Describe A Work Of Capital Importance, This Is Because It Has Come To Convey A Notion Of Perfection: A Notion That Leads To Much Confusion When Applied To Artists Other Than Those Who Made Perfection Their Ideal.

Here, Reality Is Not Subordinated To Painting, Indeed Painting Seems The Handmaid Of Reality, Though We Feel It Tending Towards A Procedure Which, While Not At The Mercy Of Appearances, Is Not Yet In Conflict With Them.

The Only Domain Where The Divine Is Visible Is That Of Art, Whatever Name We Choose To Call It.