“Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist.” ThinkingWorldArtSelfArtistConsciousnessExpressionActiveContemporaryWorks Of ArtOngoingSelf ConsciousnessNihilist Author:Leonard Baskin
“I think there is no work of art which represents the spirit of a nation more surely than "Die Meister Singer" of Richard Wagner. Here is no plaything with local colour, but the raising to its highest power all that is best in the national consciousness of his country.” ThinkingArtCountrySpiritDiesNationsConsciousnessHighestSingersLocalsColourWorks Of ArtWagner Author:Ralph Vaughan Williams
“No matter how consummate a work of art may seem, it is only an approximation of the original conception. It is the artist's consciousness of this discrepancy between his conception and the realization that assures his progress.” MayArtMatterSeemsArtistConsciousnessProgressOriginalsRealizationWorks Of ArtConceptionApproximationDiscrepanciesDiscrepancies Between Author:Edgard Varese
“I'm interested in the limits of personality, in the possibility of change, and the saving power of art. Do powerful works of art raise our consciousness to such a degree that we refrain from sliding into moral hazard? Do we take note? Or are we doomed to repetition?” ArtPowerfulConsciousnessMoralPossibilityPersonalityLimitsDegreesRaisesNotesSavingWorks Of ArtDoomedRepetitionRefrainHazardsPossibility Of ChangeMoral Hazard Author:Adam Ross
“A metaphysical tour de force of untethered meaning and involuting interlocking contrapuntal rhythms, 'The Clock' is more than a movie or even a work of art. It is so strange and other-ish that it becomes a stream-of-consciousness algorithm unto itself - something almost inhuman.” ArtActorsForceConsciousnessStrangeRhythmClockStreamsMovieWorks Of ArtMetaphysicalInhumanAlgorithmsStream Of Consciousness Author:Jerry Saltz