“Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he makes a bad husband, and an ill provider, and should be wise in season, and not fetter himself with duties which will embitter his day”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.”
“A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that has another sense, when compared with such as have no relish of those arts”
Joseph Addison
“I'm not going to miss it. Most in the architectural community say (architecture) is an art form. I'm more concerned about the functionality of the building.”
Chris Brooks
“There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through”
Dan Rice
“A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress.”
Joyce Carey
“The sale of the painting is a disservice to artists, to art, to architecture, to the architecture profession and to the public,”
Philip Johnson