art
by Emi and · updated 7d ago
art
- The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
— Robert Hughes, 1996from Tweet by Dylano | Essayful
Andreas Vlach added 2mo ago
- Yet, the definition of art hasn’t changed in 100 years, as W. David Marx explained in our recent conversation: “The best way to understand art is against kitsch. Kitsch is things that are made based on existing expectations of your audience. Usually it appeals to sentimentality because that's a universal aesthetic reaction. But art is something tha... See more
Andreas Vlach added 2mo ago
- “You should never ask an artist about their art,” Maurizio Cattelan said, immediately on arrival. “The best art raises lots and lots of questions,” he added. “Not answers.”
from Maurizio Cattelan Turned a Banana Into Art. Next Up: Guns
David Pennington added 2mo ago
The most creative artists were those who focused on asking the right question.
from Zig Zag by Keith Sawyer
Andreas Vlach added 3mo ago
- 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 GouldAndreas Vlach added 3mo ago
Susan Sontag cited by Miller: “What is important now is to recover our senses. We must learn to see more, to hear more, to feel more.... In place of a hermeneutics of art we need an erotics of art.”
from Readings and Resources by L. M. Sacasas
Andreas Vlach added 3mo ago
When making art, we create a mirror in which someone may see their own hidden reflection.
from The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Andreas Vlach added 3mo ago
“You feel differently towards the world when you make things.”
from Passages Saved From iOS
Andreas Vlach added 3mo ago
- Increasingly, the work that stand out will be more raw and incomplete (because — by definition — new ideas haven’t been optimized because…they are new).
Eno explains:
"[On one end, you have] auto-tune that perfectly puts music into tune…which is sort of flawless and faultless. [In contrast, the other side] is clumsy, awkward, crude and unfinished thi... See moreAndreas Vlach added 3mo ago