"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." ― Friedrich Nietzsche Topic(s): Art Tags: beautiful, essence More From Friedrich Nietzsche "Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend." "For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication." "Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil." More In Art "Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game."― Octavio Paz "Many say an art dealer running a museum is a ‘conflict of interest.’ But maybe the art world has lived an artificial or unintentional lie all of these years when it comes to conflicts of interest."― Jerry Saltz "Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide."― Ben Okri