Aleister CrowleyBeauty is itself so unattainable that it escapes altogether; and the true artist, like the true Mystic, can never rest
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Beauty is itself so unattainable that it escapes altogether; and the true artist, like the true Mystic, can never rest. The greatest artists are those who can achieve beauty by artifice or by magic, but for the most part they are unable to create it by their own power.
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