1. Art does not transcend nature, but it can make nature more beautifying. Cervantes

2. Art is not a skill, it is the communication of emotions experienced by the artist. Leo Tolstoy

3. The success of art lies in the fact that there are no traces of artificial carving. Ovid

4. The enemy of art is ignorance. Cy Johnson

5. The first purpose of art is to reproduce reality. Chernyshevsky

6. The foundation of art lies in moral personality. Ruskin

7. The great significance of art basically lies in its ability to show people's true feelings, the mystery of inner life and the passionate world. Romain Rolland

8. Art gives us wings and takes us to places far, far away. (Russian) Chekhov

9. Art is long-lasting, but life is short. UK

10. Art may have fallacies, but nature never makes mistakes. (UK) Dryden

11. The artist has a dual relationship with nature: he is both the master of nature and the slave of nature. Goethe

12. Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. Chesterton

13. Art is hard to come by - it will not turn a blind eye to you because you are a commoner, nor will it favor you because you are a prince. Even the wisest people cannot make a work of art come into being before the time comes. Whistler

14. Art is the treasure house of virtue. Balzac

15. Art makes nature more perfect. Reynolds

16. Art promotes life. Where death is, there is no art. Romain Rolland

17. Art is the transmission of emotions. Leo Tolstoy

18. Art is the catharsis of noble sentiments. Moore

19. Art is a living science. Cocteau

20. Art is a spiritual and material struggle. Zong Baihua

21. Art is human nature.

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