“We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art.”
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Famous Eli Siegel Quotes
“The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.”
Source: Self and world: an explanation of aesthetic realism
“The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.”
Source: Self and world: an explanation of aesthetic realism
“Art is a way of showing greater fairness to things than is customary.”
“Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing.”