The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline … but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.
– Glenn Gould
– Glenn Gould
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The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline … but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. – Glenn Gould
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, eve
... See moreHenry David Thoreau • Walden
A work of art is not an end point in itself. It’s a station on a journey. A chapter in our lives. We acknowledge these transitions by documenting each of them.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
Spending time looking at great works of art is precisely that—a powerful form of time unmoored from the demands of the immediate present, whose interstitial moments we tend to fill by turning to our smartphones to alleviate micro-boredom.