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Show Gems of eboiiQbtj A 1IT j The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is Art. Emerson. The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion of a loftier reality. Goethe. The beautiful is the most useful use-ful in art; but the sublime is the most helpful to morals, for it elevates ele-vates the mind. Joubert. We must form perfect models in thought and look at them continually, contin-ually, or we shall never carve them out in grand and noble lives. Mary Baker Eddy. The art which is grand and yet simple is that which presupposes the greatest elevation both in artist and in public. Aniiel. The true work of art is but the shadow of divine perfection. Michael Angelo. v |