Search results for “The art of looking”
Virginia Woolf on Why She Became a Writer and the Shock-Receiving Capacity Necessary for Being an Artist
“Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern… the whole world is a work of art… there is no Shakespeare… no Beethoven… no God; we are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself.”
Art and the Mind’s Eye: How Drawing Trains You to See the World More Clearly and to Live with a Deeper Sense of Presence
A passionate case for learning “to search into the cause of beauty, and penetrate the minutest parts of loveliness.”
The Aesthetic of Silence: Susan Sontag on Art as a Form of Spirituality and the Paradoxical Role of Silence in Creative Culture
“The art of our time is noisy with appeals for silence. A coquettish, even cheerful nihilism. One recognizes the imperative of silence, but goes on speaking anyway.”
MoMA Acquires the Rainbow Flag as a Design Icon: A Conversation with the Artist Who Made It
“Flags are soaring symbols of pride and community, as well as emotional, incendiary sparks for those on the other side of the barricade. They are among the most immediate, primal, and communicative forms of design.”
The Midwifery of Creativity: Beloved Poet Denise Levertov on How a Great Work of Art Is Born
On giving shape to the stimulus “selected by some interior mysterious process out of all the other minutes and hours.”
The Inner Light of Creativity: Vivian Gornick on How You Blossom into Being an Artist
“I experienced a joy then I knew nothing else would ever equal. Not an ‘I love you’ in the world could touch it.”
Mr. Gauguin’s Heart: The Beautiful and Bittersweet True Story of How Paul Gauguin Became an Artist
What an invisible dog knows about the tenacity of the human spirit and the healing power of art.
The One That Got Away: The Bittersweet Story of George Orwell and His Childhood Sweetheart
“It took me literally years to realise that we are all imperfect creatures but that Eric was less imperfect than anyone else I ever met.”
Legendary Designer Charles Eames on Creativity, the Value of the Arts in Education, and His Advice to Students
“There is always a need for anyone that can do a simple job thoroughly.”
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