“One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner life of a human being is a vast and varied realm and does not concern itself alone with stimulating arrangements of color, form and design. The term 'life' as used in art is something not to be held in contempt, for it applies all of its existence, and the province of art is to react to it and not to shun it. Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again be great.” HumansDoeArtFormUsedTermHuman BeingsDealsExistenceDesignColorPaintingArt IsWeaknessConcernIntellectInventionRealmsAbstractSubstitutesConceptionContemptArrangementsImaginativeInner LifeProvincesPristineAbstract PaintingTerm Life Author:Edward Hopper
“For the profit of travel: in the first place, you get rid of a few prejudices.... The prejudiced against color finds several hundred millions of people of all shades of color, and all degrees of intellect, rank, and social worth, generals, judges, priests, and kings, and learns to give up his foolish prejudice.” PeopleGivingFirstsSocialRaceMillionsColorJudgingKingsTravelDegreesGiving UpHundredPrejudiceProfitIntellectFoolishPriestsShade Book:Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition Source: Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition
“The being level speaks the language of art, music, color shape and pattern directly -- a language that requires no words -- is not limited by words -- nor does it have the specificity of words and thus cannot be broken onto parts that can be manipulated or analyzed by the intellect. It must be swallowed, whole not parsed, sorted and justified.” DoeArtWholeSpeakLanguageLevelsColorBrokenShapesPatternsIntellectJustifiedArt MusicSpecificity Author:Thomas Campbell
“The rational is apprehended through the intellect, however, the intellect is not found in the region of the rational; the intellect is as the eye and the rational as the colors.” EyeFoundColorIntellectRationalRegions Author:Nicholas of Cusa
“The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.” MindPhilosophyBodyDesignColorMedicineIntellectSensesWovenTapestrySomaDistillationTapestry Of Life Book:Reflections in a Golden Eye Source: Reflections in a Golden Eye
“'The Night Cafe' and 'The Starry Night' still emit such pathos, density, and intensity that they send shivers down the spine. Whether Van Gogh thought in color or felt with his intellect, the radical color, dynamic distortion, heart, soul, and part-by-part structure in these paintings make him a bridge to a new vision and the vision itself.” HeartStillsSoulNightFeltVisionColorPaintingStructureIntellectRadicalBridgesIntensityVansSpineDistortionShiverCafesPathosDensityNew VisionStarry Night Author:Jerry Saltz