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“Some popular quotations smell of airless closets. They exhale the stale imagination of the intellectual lower middle class. "Suspension of disbelief" has become one of them. Dressed up as a scintillating double negation, it serves the pedestrian notion of art as illusion.”

Quote by Rudolf Arnheim

Book:Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest

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Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest

Parables of Sun Light is a collection of essays that delve into the realms of psychology and the arts, offering insights into human behavior and creative expression. more

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Rudolf Arnheim was a renowned art theorist and psychologist, known for his profound insights into visual art and aesthetic experience. His work spans various fields including art psychology, film theory, and visual culture. more

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