“So long as painting deals with objective nature, it is an impure art, for recognizability precludes the highest aesthetic emotion. All painting, ancient or modern, moves us aesthetically only in so far as it possesses a force over and beyond its aspect.” LongArtMovingForceNatureDealsEmotionModernPaintingHighestAspectAncientObjectivesAesthetic Author:Lawren Harris
“The idea that emotion can be separated from sex is a Christian illusion, one of the most ingenious but finally unworkable strategies in Christianity's ancient campaign against pagan nature.” IdeasChristianSexEmotionChristianityIllusionStrategyAncientCampaignsPaganIngenious Book:Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
“To make an artwork good enough to enter people's hearts is like what ancient Chinese called 'making stone into gold.' It is alchemy.” PeopleHeartEnoughEmotionStonesGoldAncientChineseGood EnoughAlchemyArtwork Author:Li Shan