The art of living is like every other art; only the capacity is born with us; it must be learned and practised with incessant care. Goethe.
The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving. Vauvenargues.
The art was his to break vexations with a ready jest. Dr. W. Smith.
The art which is produced hastily will also perish hastily. Ruskin.
The artist belongs to his work, not the work 25 to the artist. Novalis.
The artist is the son of his age; but pity for him if he is its pupil, or even its favourite. Schiller.
The artist must conceive with warmth (mit Feuer) and execute with coolness. Winkelmann.
The artist stands higher than the art, higher than the object: he uses art for his own purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion. Goethe.
The artist's vocation is to send light into the depths of the human heart. Schumann.
The arts of deceit and cunning do continually 30 grow weaker, and less effectual and serviceable to them that use them. Tillotson.