“Variation does not mean evolution. If an artist varies his mode of expression this only means that he has changed his manner of thinking, and in changing, it might be for the better or it might be for the worse.” IfsThinkingMeanDoeMightArtistChangedExpressionEvolutionVariationVary Book:Picasso: style and meaning Source: Picasso: style and meaning
“If Abstract Expression reached for the sublime, Pop turned ordinary imagery into icons. Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol illuminated the transformative power of context and the process of reproduction. Claes Oldenburg's soft ice-cream cones and hamburgers changed sculpture from hard to soft, from stasis to transformation.” IfsHardProcessChangedExpressionOrdinaryTransformationPopsIceAbstractCreamSublimeIce CreamSculptureImageryIconsReproductionHamburgersWarholOf ContextConesStasisIce Cream Cones Author:Arne Glimcher
“To get the best picture of a captured prisoner, you have to get him just as he is captured. The expression he wears then is lost forever... The human mechanism is remarkably recuperative. A half hour later, the expressions are gone, the faces have changed. The mother with the dead baby in her arms does not look griefstruck anymore, no matter what she feels.” FeelsHumansLooksDoeMatterFacesMotherLostHoursHalfGoneForeverChangedExpressionBabyArmsNo Matter WhatPrisonerMechanismCapturedHalf HoursBest PictureDead Baby Author:Horst Faas
“NEU!'s music will always ("für immer") be a part of me and I absolutely stand to what we've created. Of course I have changed since and I judge my contributions to NEU!'s music of the 70's in a historical context. They were both a description of my feelings back then as well as an expression of my musical abilities and limitations. It would be a mistake to ignore the time factor and it would be an artistic shortcoming to pick up on the old concept without doing any changes. There is no way this is going to happen anyway.” WayWellsFeelingsHappensWould BeCoursesAbilityMistakeChangedExpressionJudgingPicksConceptsHistoricalMusicalFactorsArtisticLimitationContributionDescriptionShortcomingsI Have ChangedHistorical ContextMusical Ability Author:Michael Rother
“So, my style has hopefully changed over the years and it is more relaxed, and I do tend to smile and have more than one expression these days hopefully - which I didn't at the beginning.” YearsStyleChangedExpressionSmileHopefullyThese DaysRelaxed Author:Jo Brand
“Where do you wanna belong?" I half whispered. His expression changed with quicksilver speed, amusement dancing in his eyes. "Anywhere they don't want me." -Hardy Cateses & Liberty Jones” WantEyeHalfLibertyChangedExpressionDancingSpeedHis EyesWant MeAmusementHardy Author:Lisa Kleypas