The artist is likely to be looked upon with some uneasiness by the more conservative members of society.
Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists. - Ben Shahn
Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists.
- Ben Shahn
Paint what you are, paint what you believe, paint what you feel. - Ben Shahn
Paint what you are, paint what you believe, paint what you feel.
Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life. - Ben Shahn
Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.
I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none. - Ben Shahn
I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.
Form is the shape of content. - Ben Shahn
Form is the shape of content.
It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder. - Ben Shahn
It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.
To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. - Ben Shahn
To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter.
I love chaos.... It's the poetic element in a dull and ordered world. - Ben Shahn
I love chaos.... It's the poetic element in a dull and ordered world.
An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to… - Ben Shahn
An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to…
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