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The Bad Habit of Creative Talents

It may, after all, be the bad habit of creative talents to invest themselves in…
By Theodore Roszak
A painting in the style of Vincent van Gogh depicting a painter.
Reflections

The Madness of Art

It is glory–to have been tested, to have had our little quality and cast our…
By Henry James
Aesthetics/Philosophy

A “Fullfilled” Work of Art

A work of art that truly achieves ‘fulfillment’ will never be surpassed; it will never…
By Max Weber
Júlio de Sousa by José Tagarro
Letters/Reflections

Works of Art Are of an Infinite Solitude

Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so…
By Rainer Maria Rilke
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prose

Immortal Mozart!

Immortal Mozart! You, to whom I owe everything, to whom I owe the loss of…
By Søren Kierkegaard
Heroic Bust of Victor Hugo by Rodin
Reflections

Rodin’s Portraits

Full of the living burden of his great knowledge, he looked into the faces of…
By Rainer Maria Rilke
A Chorus of Singers by William Hogarth
Letters/Reflections

The Secrets of Life

If we wish to be let in on the secrets of life, we must be…
By Rainer Maria Rilke
Rudolf Matz
Poetry

The Cello

When late I heard the trembling cello play,
In every face I read sad memories…
By Richard Watson Gilder
Poetry

From “Sonnets of a Portrait Painter”

I am in love with high far-seeing places
That look on plains half-sunlight and half-storm,…
By Arthur Davison Ficke
Poetry

Lovers of Life

Ego Dominus Tuus Hic
Yet surely there are men who have made their art
Out…
By W. B. Yeats

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