Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead.
The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulant… - Semir Zeki
The Japanese, if I understand them, are masters of the unsaid and the unstated, of subtlety and ambiguity, all of which constitute powerful stimulant…
- Semir Zeki
What is creative is the seeking of perfection - and not attaining it. - Semir Zeki
What is creative is the seeking of perfection - and not attaining it.
Just let the artist sign an empty canvas or a frame, with the inscription, 'I had such and such a concept in mind' for this work. The artist then nee… - Semir Zeki
Just let the artist sign an empty canvas or a frame, with the inscription, 'I had such and such a concept in mind' for this work. The artist then nee…
The reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked. - Semir Zeki
The reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked.
As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can't have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees. - Semir Zeki
As soon as your brain starts telling you that you can't have a tree that is blue then you stop being able to paint trees.
When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen. - Semir Zeki
When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen.
No one would want to pay a penny for an empty canvas by me. But it would be quite another if the empty canvas were signed by a great artist. I would … - Semir Zeki
No one would want to pay a penny for an empty canvas by me. But it would be quite another if the empty canvas were signed by a great artist. I would …
I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to reward its… - Semir Zeki
I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to reward its…
Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is destined not… - Semir Zeki
Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is destined not…
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