| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Art, Artist |
| | | A man may be an artist though he have not his tools about him. | 1 |
| A thousand artisans a thousand plans. Chinese. | 2 |
| An artist lives everywhere. | 3 |
| An art requires a whole man. French. | 4 |
| Art and hope are twin brothers and they die together. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. | 5 |
| Art and knowledge bring bread and honor. Danish. | 6 |
| Art helps nature and experience art. | 7 |
| Art holds fast when all else is lost. German. | 8 |
| Art is art even though unsuccessful. Danish. | 9 |
| Art is long—life is short. | 10 |
| Art is power. Longfellow. | 11 |
| Art may err but nature cannot miss. Dryden. | 12 |
| Art must be deluded by art. | 13 |
| By deceit and art men live half a year, and by art and deceit the other half. | 14 |
| He that sips many arts drinks none. | 15 |
| He tries to match a grace beyond the reach of art. Dutch. | 16 |
| He who has an art has everywhere a part. Italian. | 17 |
| It is a poor art that maintains not the artisan. Italian. | 18 |
| The perfection of art is to conceal art. Quintillian. | 19 |
| To whiten ivory by ink is to spoil nature by art. Latin. | 20 | | |
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