The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.
To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity.
Friendship is unnecessary like philosophy like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten and the more a picture has to give the greater it is.
I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.
Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.