Paul Gauguin, believed that "art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionary.", and Georgia O'Keeffe that it is "filling a space in a beautiful way", but Georges Seurat maintained that "art is harmony". However, Paul Klee said that "art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible", but certain P. Picasso added: "We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize tru
th." On the other hand Saul Bellow heralded "art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos." No, no, no called Henri Matisse, "What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue." Oh, those Frenchman... always talking blah, blah, blah.... I agree with Socrates: Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή.
