"No longer can we consider what the artist does to be a self-contained activity, mysteriously inspired from above, unrelated and unrelatable to other human activities. Instead, we recognize the exalted kind of seeing that leads to the creation of great art as an outgrowth of the humbler and more common activity of the eyes in everyday life. Just as the prosaic search for information is "artistic" because it involves giving and finding shape and meaning, so the artist's conceiving is an instrument of life, a refined way of understanding who and where we are."

Source : Rudolf Arnheim (2004). “Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye”, p.5, Univ of California Press

Rudolf Arnheim

#Art Quotes #Eye Quotes #Self Quotes

“Man is an essentially superstitious and fearful animal. Take away the herd's Christian gods and saints and they will without failing come to worship...something else.”
“Without the law, you can't have society. But without the arts, you can't have civilisation”
“Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward.”

Source : T.D. Jakes (2007). “Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits”, p.116, Simon and Schuster
“History must judge John F. Kennedy not only by what he was able to accomplish in a thousand days, but also by what he inspired all of us to volunteer to do for our country.”
“A man doesn't cry. In my life, I've never cried. I cannot do it. I am a man. How will I cry?”
“The dignity is in the worker, not in the job.”

Source : Howard Fast (1978). “The immigrants”, G K Hall & Co
“Here is something you have to understand about stories: They point you in the right direction but they can't take you all the way there. Stories are crescent moons; they glimmer in the night sky, but they are most exquisite in their incomplete state. Because people crave the beauty of not-knowing, the excitement of suggestion, and the sweet tragedy of mystery.”

Source : Diana Abu-Jaber (2004). “Crescent: A Novel”, p.384, W. W. Norton & Company
“I dream, therefore I exist.”

Source : August Strindberg (2014). “The Confession of a Fool”, p.99, The Floating Press

You may also like: