All varieties of picture, when they are really art, fulfill their purpose and feed the spirit.
—WASSILY KANDINSKY, CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART
He made painting his only muse, his only mistress, his sole and sufficient passion. . . . He looked upon woman as an object of art, delightful and made to excite the mind, but an unruly and disturbing object if we allow her to cross the threshold of our hearths, devouring greedily our time and strength.
—CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, ON THE DEATH OF DELACROIX
