George Sand - Art Quotes

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Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.

George Sand

Art is not the study of positive reality, but the search for ideal truth.

George Sand

Art speaks only to the mind, whereas nature speaks to all the faculties.

George Sand

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

George Sand

Art belongs to all times and to all countries; its special benefit is precisely to be still living when everything else seems dying; that is why Providence shields it from too personal or too general passions, and grants it a patient and persevering organization, durable sensibility, and the contemplative sense in which lies invincible faith.

George Sand

Art is a demonstration of which nature is the proof.

George Sand

Art for the sake of art itself is an idle sentence. Art for the sake of truth, for the sake of what is beautiful and good — that is the creed I seek.

George Sand