Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it.
Theodor W. AdornoTag: philosophy aesthetics
The darkening of the world makes the irrationality of art rational: radically darkened art.
Theodor W. AdornoTag: philosophy aesthetics
Let a thing be but a sort of punctual surprise, like the first cache of violets in March, let it be delicate, painted and gratuitous, hinting that the Creator is solely occupied with aesthetic considerations, and combines disparate objects simply because they look so well together, and that thing will admirably fill the role of a flower.
Hope MirrleesTag: flowers aesthetics punctual-surprise the-creator
Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted. Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution.
Susan SontagTag: photography society addiction consumerism aesthetics
Aestheticism is the garbage of intuitive feeling.
Kazimir MalevichTag: intuition aesthetics aestheticism
The value of a work of art cannot ultimately turn on the more or less of its subservience to ideology; for painting can be grandly subservient to the half-truths of the moment, doggedly servile, and yet be no less intense.
T.J. ClarkTag: art aesthetics art-history
High standards generally -- about workmanship and creation of objects, about what is owed in friendship, about the quality of art and much else -- far from being snobbish, are required to maintain decency in life.
Joseph EpsteinTag: life art aesthetics snobbery
Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive steps, mysterious even to himself, should enter so swiftly into the work that he is unable to recognize them in the moment of transition.
Rainer Maria RilkeTag: art perception creativity creation self-knowledge aesthetics viewing
Never worry about the reader, what the reader can understand. When you are writing, glance over your shoulder, and you’ll find there is no reader. Just you and the page. Feel lonely? Good! Assuming you can write clear English (or Norwegian) sentences, give up all worry about communication. If you want to communicate, use the telephone.
To write a poem you have to have a streak of arrogance (…) when you are writing you must assume that the next thing you put down belongs not for reasons of logic, good sense, or narrative development, but because you put it there. You, the same person who said that, also said this. The adhesive force is your way of writing, not sensible connection.
Tag: poetry aesthetics
Poverty and loneliness could be seen as a liberation from strivings to become rich and popular.
Donald RichieTag: art travel japan aesthetics
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