Insight is the first condition of Art.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing.
Art is an investigation.
The best vision is insight.
Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.
The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.
Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.
Whether art is defined as a representation of or response to reality, it demands an intense engagement with things we haven't managed to understand fully.
Our experience of any painting is always the latest line in a long conversation we've been having with painting. There's no way of looking at art as though you hadn't seen art before.
Art is the objectification of feeling.
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