“The appearances of natural objects are in themselves meaningless; the essential thing is feeling - in itself and completely independent of the context in which it has been evoked.” Has BeensFeelingsNaturalEmotionObjectsEssentialsIndependentAppearanceMeaningless Author:Kazimir Malevich
“For the Suprematist, the proper means is the one that provides the fullest expression of pure feeling and ignores the habitually accepted object. The object in itself is meaningless to him, and the ideas of the conscious mind are worthless.” MindMeanIdeasFeelingsObjectsExpressionPureConsciousAcceptedMeaninglessWorthlessConscious Mind Author:Kazimir Malevich
“When I lived in Cookham I was disturbed by a feeling of everything being meaningless.But quite suddenly I became aware that everything was full of special meaning and this made everything holy... I observed this sacred quality in most unexpected quarters.” MadeFeelingsQualitySpecialHolySacredUnexpectedMeaninglessQuartersDisturbedBeing MeBeing Mean Book:Stanley Spencer: An English Vision Source: Stanley Spencer: An English Vision
“Rather than protecting music as a sublimely meaningless activity that has managed to escape social signification, I insist on treating it as a medium that participates in social formation by influencing the ways we perceive our feelings, our bodies, our desires, our very subjectivities - even if it does so surreptitiously, without most of us knowning how. It is too important a cultural force to be shrouded by mystified notions of Romantic transcendence.” IfsWayDoeImportantFeelingsBodyDesireForceSocialInfluenceActivityNotionMediumsPerceiveMeaninglessTranscendenceFormationSubjectivity Author:Susan McClary