4 Max Beerbohm Quotes on Art

Max Beerbohm quotes on art

5. The most perfect caricature is that which, on a small surface, with the simplest means, most accurately exaggerates, to the highest point, the peculiarities of a human being, at his most characteristic moment in the most beautiful manner.

7. The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

24. Just as 'pluck' comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be nothing ignoble in them) take pleasure in his own sufferings, the artist has a huge advantage over you and me.

27. All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.