Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we manufacture out of each other.
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The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art does not reason. It manhandles you and changes you.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Art affects us deeply and emotionally, beyond logical reasoning.
Lawrence Durrell emphasizes the profound emotional impact that art has on individuals. He suggests that art bypasses rational thought and instead grips the viewer or reader at a visceral level, prompting genuine change and transformation within them.
Themes
ArtImpactEmotionChangeTransformation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in art workshops to inspire creativity.
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