In the arts the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself.
More Quotes from Jacques-Louis David:
To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this - and only this - is to be an artist.Jacques-Louis David
If the work is poor, the public taste will soon do it justice. And the author, reaping neither glory nor fortune, will learn by hard experience how to correct his mistakes.
Jacques-Louis David
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