Fuseli Art Quotes & Sayings

In fact, no immigrant in American history has ever made a larger contribution than Alexander Hamilton — Ron Chernow

In Allston, as generous as he was with his praise and encouragement, Sophia had come face-to-face with the male art establishment and its aesthetic. She had encountered it before when she was hustled out of Thomas Doughty's studio while a men's painting class was in session. More recently, at a gathering in the Reverend Channing's parlor, she had been stunned when the minister had quoted the influential British artist Henry Fuseli's sneering observation that there was "no fist" in women's painting - and then demanded Sophia's response. Flustered, Sophia had "sunk away into my shell," unable to speak, she confided in her journal. She had enough trouble summoning the confidence to paint each day, let alone defend women artists as a class. Channing's question struck to the heart of Sophia's ambivalence about taking the initiative to create original works of art. Virtually — Megan Marshall

You are my Guardian Angel, Maddy, a voice said, but it was far away from her. — Scott Speer

Frau Elena, does a bee know it's going to die if it stings somebody? — Anthony Doerr

How do you feel?" he asked him. "Like a military academy," said Arthur. "Bits of me keep on passing out. — Douglas Adams

Life is rapid, art is slow, occasion coy, practice fallacious, and judgment partial. — Henry Fuseli

What anyone thinks of you is none of your business. — Cat Cohen

I love the feeling I get when I'm on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else. — Dakota Fanning

But if she had Clay and Turtle as friends, and then Turtle got himself killed by Queen Scarlet or accidentally set on fire, well, then she'd survive OK, because she'd still have Clay. It occurred to her that this was a rather morbid train of thought to be having about a new friend. — Tui T. Sutherland

Art among a religious race produces reliques [sic]; among a military one, trophies; among a commercial one, articles of trade. — Henry Fuseli

Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome. — Henry Fuseli

Art, like love, excludes all competition and absorbs the man. — Henry Fuseli