Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Defining Art

"There really is no such thing as Art.  There are only artists."--E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art

"In the twenty-first century, when art is so pluralistic that nobody tries to define "art" anymore, it may be hard to imagine a time when the definition was being contested across the entire world of art."--Larry Witham, Picasso and the Chess Player


Art (n) 1.a.: The conscious use of imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.--The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language


"What is art?  That question would have been answered differently in almost every epoch of history."--Fredrick Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture


  "'Art'--isn't that a man's name?"--Andy Warhol



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