Art lies by its own artifice.
- ar⋅ti⋅fice [ahr-tuh-fis]
- –noun
- 1. a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
- 2. trickery; guile; craftiness.
- 3. cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness: a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance.
- 4. a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient.
