Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and diverse? - must every work of art have a simultaneous presence of oneness and manyness, unity and variety?
In order to be deep, we sometimes have to cut through and cut apart. That is to be seen in the common phrase, 'Cut it out!' The reason is that this t… - Eli Siegel
In order to be deep, we sometimes have to cut through and cut apart. That is to be seen in the common phrase, 'Cut it out!' The reason is that this t…
- Eli Siegel
The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites. - Eli Siegel
The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.
There is a quality of murky grandeur we give ourselves in having our own feelings, recoiling, separate from other things... To feel that we can care … - Eli Siegel
There is a quality of murky grandeur we give ourselves in having our own feelings, recoiling, separate from other things... To feel that we can care …
The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art. - Eli Siegel
The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.
The universe is Why, How, and What, in any order, and all at once. - Eli Siegel
The universe is Why, How, and What, in any order, and all at once.
Concealment is equated, unknowingly to ourselves, with individuality; the more we conceal the more it seems we are asserting our very personality, re… - Eli Siegel
Concealment is equated, unknowingly to ourselves, with individuality; the more we conceal the more it seems we are asserting our very personality, re…
In reality opposites are one; art shows this. - Eli Siegel
In reality opposites are one; art shows this.
You don't want to see things as they are because your ego would have to admit that things outside yourself are necessary for the self to be. You stil… - Eli Siegel
You don't want to see things as they are because your ego would have to admit that things outside yourself are necessary for the self to be. You stil…
We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art. - Eli Siegel
We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion