“One of the pleasures of art is that it enables the mind to move in unanticipated directions, to make connections that may be in some sense errors but are fruitful nonetheless.” MindMayArtMovingPleasureArt IsConnectionsErrors Author:Donald Barthelme
“Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, rather because it wishes to be art. However much the writer might long to be straightforward, these virtues are no longer available to him. He discovers that in being simple, honest, straightforward, nothing much happens.” LongArtMightHappensWishDifficultSimpleVirtueHonestArt IsAvailableStraightforward Author:Donald Barthelme
“The not-knowing is crucial to art, is what permits art to be made. Without the scanning process engendered by not-knowing, without the possibility of having the mind move in unanticipated directions, there would be no invention.” MindArtMadeWould BeMovingProcessKnowingPossibilityArt IsInventionPermitCrucialNot KnowingScanning Author:Donald Barthelme
“Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.” ArtWishDifficultArt Is Author:Donald Barthelme
