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One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to read more
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.
Anyone who contributes to the defense fund
of pornographers is a mental moonbeam.
Anyone who contributes to the defense fund
of pornographers is a mental moonbeam.
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is read more
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is no other.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make read more
As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting -- the nursery games of humankind, which had to be left behind when the age of science began. The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near.
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed read more
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.
