"Art" Quotes
"Art" by Clive Bell explores the concept of significant form in art.
art | 116 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The essence of art is that it should not mean, but be.
Great art remains stable and fixed, but a thousand possibilities of meaning are inherent in the work.
The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.
Art is a visual object that possesses a certain measure of harmony, unity, and intensity.
The formal elements of art—line, color, texture, shape, and so on—are the content of art.
Art is significant form.
Art is a mode of human activity in which the soul is expressed.
Art is a means of experiencing the process of creativity.
The essential quality of art is that it stimulates an aesthetic emotion in the spectator.
The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it.
