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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.
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.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more read more
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so read more
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
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.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
