“ Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. ”
It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.
~ John Ruskin
All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.
He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.
To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty
