"Contemporary art often plays to the part of us that is very uncomfortable with not being sure, that cannot maintain a state of 'don't know'. The over-prioritising of meaning gets in the way of just experiencing the art in a more sensual way. Judging quality purely from an intuitive emotional response needs more confidence and experience than just working it out like a crossword clue."

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Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

Grayson Perry

#Art Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Judging Quotes

“Sometimes the best kaizen is no kaizen at all.”
“During terms, Professor Marsden lives in Cambridge with his wife, chess player extraordinaire and distinguished physician and surgeon Bryony Asquith Marsden. His favorite time of day is half past six in the evening, when he meets Mrs. Marsden's train at the station, as the latter returns from her day in London. On Sunday afternoons, rain or shine, Professor and Mrs. Marsden take a walk along The Backs, and treasure growing old together.”
“Knowledge isnâ€™t power until it is applied.”
“Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise itself as the relationship to government. The manager has responsibility for this relationship as part of his responsibility to the enterprise itself. To a large extent the relationship to government results from what businesses do or fail to do.”
“Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency.”
“There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.”
“Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one's own secret sin didn't matter.”
“I'd give a hundred dollars for a cold beer.”

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