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Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of read more
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values.
Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.
Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.
The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack read more
Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise flawless stone. It is, quite spectacularly I think, art which is not based on the subjugation of one half of the species. It is art which will take the great human themes --love, death, heroism, suffering, history itself --and render them fully human. It may also, though perhaps our imaginations are so mutilated now that we are incapable even of the ambition, introduce a new theme, one as great and as rich as those others --should we call it "joy"?.
Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.
Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness. - The Art of Being Ruled.
Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness. - The Art of Being Ruled.
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs read more
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
