Alphonse Karr on what the artist does

  The scientist uncovers; the artist discovers. If Newton and Einstein had not existed, the laws in their names would have been uncovered by others. If Shakespeare and Picasso had not existed, the works in their names would not ever have been discovered. Hear Alphonse Karr:

You are not an author, as you are not an artist, unless from your own heart you add to the treasures of art something which would not have existed if you had not been born. (Quoted from The Life of the Creative Spirit, p. 222.)

    For a brief biography of Alphonse Karr, click here.