Painted Veil

Famous quotes containing the words painted and/or veil:

“‘Tis the eye of childhood
That fears a painted devil.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it “the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.” The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of “Artist.””
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)