Thoughts and emotions which never perhaps were in the mind of the artist, never were anticipated, never were intended by him — may be strongly suggested by his work. This is an important part of the morals of art, which we must never lose sight of. Art is not only for pleasure and profit, but for good and for evil.


A Commonplace Book of Thoughts (1854)

Anna Brownell Jameson Quotes

Thoughts and emotions which never perhaps were in the mind of the artist, never were anticipated, never were intended by him — may be strongly...

Thoughts and emotions which never perhaps were in the mind of the artist, never were anticipated, never were intended by him — may be strongly...

Thoughts and emotions which never perhaps were in the mind of the artist, never were anticipated, never were intended by him — may be strongly...

Thoughts and emotions which never perhaps were in the mind of the artist, never were anticipated, never were intended by him — may be strongly...