Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.261

v2.c77.261

Painting is as high a fine art as poetry or music. The art of painting being dependent on the art of dancing, has already been expounded; and these arts, especially poetry and music, have a philosophy of their own and so the painting, their beloved sister or brother, cannot remain uninitiated in that high domain of heaven and the lofty peak of idealism. It is the most difficult art and can be finely executed only by a painter not only expert in hands—the craftsmanship, but also fully drunk in nectar of divine intuition. Painting is as much a Sādhanā as Music, both requiring an exercise of mind and body (i.e. the hands) alike.