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“Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian.”

May Seems Artist Culture Expression Communication Approach Obvious Layers Realism Unnecessary Misunderstood American Culture Magical Realism Freedom Of Expression Iranian Magic Realism

Author:Shirin Neshat

“I believe that the making of art is primarily for the benefit of the artist. If what the artist has created communicates messages and feelings to others, then it is because of the universality of the human experience that is speaking through the work of art.”

Ifs Believe Humans Art Feelings Artist I Believe Communication Benefits Messages Art Is Communicate Works Of Art Human Experience Universality

Author:David Walker

“There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words. This is the world in which the artist operates and for him words can be dangerous unless they are examined in the light of the work. The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.”

World Light Artist Dangerous Communication Dependent Substitutes

Book:Kenneth and Mary Martin: 11 September-31 October 1987, Annely Juda Fine Art

Source: Kenneth and Mary Martin: 11 September-31 October 1987, Annely Juda Fine Art

“The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling.”

World Way Feelings Artist Levels Communication Communicate

Author:Howard Hodgkin

“There is no communication with any public whatsoever. The artist can ask no question, and he makes no statement; he offers no information, and his work cannot be used. It is the end product which counts.”

Ends Used Artist Asks Information Products Communication Offers Statements No Communication

Book:Baselitz, paintings 1960-83

Source: Baselitz, paintings 1960-83

“The artist may rightly venture the opinion that he does not convey ideas, does not preach, nor that he intents to convert people by using mass communication techniques.. .Better than handing out all kinds of wise advice, he could show life itself; he could awake forces lying dormant in everybody, he could launch an invitation to create direct and personal experiences.”

“The process of drawing is... the process of putting the visual intelligence into action, the very mechanics of visual thought. Unlike painting and sculpture... the artist makes clear to himself and not to the spectator what he is doing. It is a soliloquy before it becomes communication.”

Action Artist Process Clear Painting Communication Drawing Visuals Mechanic Sculpture Spectators

Book:Drawing and Sculpture

Source: Drawing and Sculpture

“When the artist observes nature... it is as if nature communicated, through the sensitivity of the artist at that moment, one of its secrets.”

Ifs Moments Artist Secret Communication That Moment Sensitivity

Author:Bruno Munari

“I feel I should not be ... so at the mercy of people's regard. And yet - it is the artist's desire for communication too; without the answering voice you get so numb; you lose faith in your powers to communicate.”

People Feels Should Desire Artist Voice Loses Communication Mercy Regard Communicate Numb

Book:War within and without: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944

Source: War within and without: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944

“No form of art repeats or imitates successfully all that can be said by another; the writer conveys his experience of life along a channel of communication closed to painter, mathematician, musician, film-maker.”

Art Said Film Form Artist Communication Musician Painter Repeats Makers Mathematician

Book:Parthian Words

Source: Parthian Words