It is only by loving nature, and going to her for everything, that good work can be done; but then we must look to her for the materials for pictures, not for pictures themselves. It is nature filtered through the mind and fingers of the artist that produces art, and the quality of the pictures depends on the fineness of that filter.
Interpretation
True art comes from a deep appreciation of nature and the artist's interpretation of it.
This quote emphasizes that to create meaningful art, artists must connect with nature, drawing inspiration from it rather than seeking ready-made images. The process of creating art involves filtering natural beauty through one's own perceptions and skills, which determines the quality of the final work.
In practice
This quote can be shared at an art seminar to inspire young artists.
The ambition of superior sensibility and superior eloquence disposes the lovers of arts to receive rapture at one time, and communicate it at another; and each labors first to impose upon himself and then to propagate the imposture.
In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.
A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world.
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.
Now and again thousands of memories _x000D_ converge, harmonize, _x000D_ arrange themselves around a central idea _x000D_ in a coherent form, _x000D_ and I write a story.
In my view, art and the approach to life through art, using it as a vehicle for education and even for doing science is so vital that it is part of a great new revolution that is taking place. I believe we are entering a whole new epoch.
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