“Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause of production of real art is the artist's inner need to express a feeling that has accumulated...The cause of counterfeit art, as of prostitution, is gain. The consequence of true art is the introduction of a new feeling into the intercourse of life... The consequences of counterfeit art are the perversion of man, pleasure which never satisfies, and the weakening of man's spiritual strength.” MenNeedsArtRealFeelingsSpiritualArtistCausesPleasureWifeHusbandArt IsConsequenceGainsProductionsOriginalityIntroductionProstitutionIntercourseOrnamentsAffectionatePerversionCounterfeitWeakeningSpiritual StrengthNew Feelings Author:Leo Tolstoy
“When the individuality of the artist begins to express itself, what the artist gains in the way of liberty he loses in the way of order.” WayArtistOrderLosesLibertyGainsChaosIndividuality Author:Pablo Picasso
“The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.” ArtistSuccessfulGainsEnvyStrainRivalsBards Author:Hesiod
“Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.” KnowsArtistKnowledgeGainsGuru Author:Robert Genn
“The eager or dutiful persons who subject themselves to these tidal waves of the classics and the moderns find everything wonderful in an absent-minded way. The wonder washes over them rather than into them, and one of its effects is to make anything shocking or odd suddenly interesting enough to gain a month's celebrity. And so another by-product of our come-one, come-all policy is the tendency to reward cleverness, not art, and to put one more hurdle in the path of the truly original artist.” WayPersonsArtEnoughArtistInterestingWonderPathWonderfulSubjectsEffectsPolicyProductsMonthsGainsOriginalsRewardsWaveTendenciesOddShockingAbsentClevernessHurdleTidal WavesAbsent Minded Author:Jacques Barzun
“The work of art is born of the artist in a mysterious and secret way. From him it gains life and being. Nor is its existence casual and inconsequent, but it has a definite and purposeful strength, alike in its material and spiritual life.” WayArtSpiritualArtistBornSecretExistenceMaterialsArt IsGainsMysteriousWorks Of ArtSpiritual LifeDefiniteCasual Book:Concerning the spiritual in art Source: Concerning the spiritual in art
“And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.” FeelsShouldJoyArtistGainsDelightAvailableMythOur SocietyPalette Author:Minoru Yamasaki