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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith read more
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, read more
Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
What is art but a way of seeing?.
What is art but a way of seeing?.
Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours."Fr., "A picture is worth a thousand words.
Un croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours."Fr., "A picture is worth a thousand words.
All autobiography is self-indulgent.
All autobiography is self-indulgent.
