“It would be unfair to say that I prefer the back of a book to its contents, but it is true that the sight of a lot of books gives me the hope that I may some day read them, which sometimes develops into the belief that I have read them.” GivingMayBookSometimesWould BeBeliefSightGive MeUnfair Author:Kenneth Clark
“A lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out you don't know then it may be too late to know.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMayLateToo LateYou Think You Know Author:Kenneth Clark
“The eye instinctively looks for analogies and amplifies them, so that a face imagined in the pattern of a wallpaper may become more vivid than a photograph.” LooksMayEyeFacesPhotographPatternsVividAnalogiesAmplify Book:The nude: a study in ideal form Source: The nude: a study in ideal form
“Evidently one cannot look for long at the Last Supper without ceasing to study it as a composition, and beginning to speak of it as a drama. It is the most literary of all great pictures, one of the few of which the effect may largely be conveyed - can even be enhanced - by description.” LooksMayLongLastsSpeakStudyEffectsDramaDescriptionCompositionSupperLast Supper Book:Leonardo da Vinci Source: Leonardo da Vinci
“The nude gains its enduring value from the fact that it reconciles several contrary states. It takes the most sensual and immediately interesting object, the human body, and puts it out of reach of time and desire; it takes the most purely rational concept of which mankind is capable, mathematical order, and makes it a delight to the senses; and it takes the vague fears of the unknown and sweetens them by showing that the gods are like men and may be worshiped for their life-giving beauty rather than their death-dealing powers.” MenGivingHumansMayStatesFactsBodyDesireValuesOrderInterestingMankindObjectsCapableConceptsGainsEndureDelightContrarySensesRationalSensualMathematicalVagueHuman BodyReconcileFear Of The Unknown Author:Kenneth Clark
“However much the various phases of the French Revolution may have modelled themselves on Roman history the early phase on Republican virtue, the later on Imperial grandeur the fact remains that classicism depended on a fixed and rational philosophy; whereas the spirit of the Revolution was one of change and of emotion.” MayPhilosophyFactsSpiritEmotionVirtueRevolutionRepublicanRemainsVariousRationalFixedPhasesGrandeurFrench RevolutionClassicism Book:The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art Source: The romantic rebellion: romantic versus classic art
“The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself of valuable contributions from many others. It is now doubtful whether America can afford the luxury of such a waste of human resources.” HumansMayAmericaCultureJusticeWasteAchievementDiversityResourcesPrejudiceSocial JusticeValuableDespiteLuxuryContributionBarriersHuman ResourcesDoubtfulDepriving Book:Prejudice and Your Child Source: Prejudice and Your Child
