Ernest West Basden famous quotes

Art is a Verb, not a Noun.
-- Ernest West Basden

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As a collector, you will discover that surrounding yourself with art can enrich not only your visual experiences, but instill a sense of vitality to your life and uplift your soul.
-- Ernest West Basden

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Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather than just another possession.
-- Ernest West Basden

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Art is one of the few products that is almost a totally emotional buy. It is a mystery what contributes to a person's personal taste. However, being educated about the artist and his/her career may influence your decision regarding a purchase.
-- Ernest West Basden

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Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.

How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? "No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media, and for that matter neither the painter nor the draughtsman could ignore photography."

We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs.

A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.

Consider incompleteness as a verb.

Any noun can be verbed.

'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music.

A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

diseases, as all experience shows, are adjectives, not noun substantives.