Let's see: writings on art from the New...
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“A lot of education is like teaching marching; I try to make it more like dancing.”
“Matisse can make you hate your life for its comparatively insipid joys.”
Source: Let's see: writings on art from the New Yorker
“Beauty is not a concept. It is the animal joy of the mind.”
Source: Let's see: writings on art from the New Yorker
“I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed.”
“I have painted enough to have a lot of respect for mediocre painters. It's really hard.”
“To me, the greatest artists are almost entirely non-verbal.”
“Your medium has to be alive to you, no matter what you do.”
“Art teachers are always the doormats of the previous generation.”
“Love and fear, the two strongest emotions we have. It all starts with emotion.”
“Beauty makes us more like ourselves and more like each other.”
“It's my duty to sell the ideas. But there's always a question when it comes to beauty.”
“Beauty is a physiological reaction. Beauty is not an object.”