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— John Frederick Boyes"It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments."
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The enemy of art is the enemy of nature; art is nothing but the highest sagacity and exertion of human nature; and what nature will he honour who honours not the human?
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Moral beauty is the basis of all true beauty. This foundation is somewhat covered and veiled in nature. Art brings it out, and gives it more transparent forms. It is here that art, when it knows well its power and resources, engages in a struggle with nature in which it may have the advantage.
— Victor Cousin
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