It is only when the maker of things is a maker of things by vocation, and not merely holding down a job, that the price of things is approximate to their real value. . . .
Industry without art is brutality. - Ananda Coomaraswamy
Industry without art is brutality.
- Ananda Coomaraswamy
From one point of view becoming is a humiliation, and from another a royal procession. - Ananda Coomaraswamy
From one point of view becoming is a humiliation, and from another a royal procession.
It is the natural instinct of a child to work from within outwards; "First I think, and then I draw my think." What wasted efforts we make to teach t… - Ananda Coomaraswamy
It is the natural instinct of a child to work from within outwards; "First I think, and then I draw my think." What wasted efforts we make to teach t…
The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist. - Ananda Coomaraswamy
The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist.
Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a work of art made by art,… - Ananda Coomaraswamy
Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a work of art made by art,…
The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman. - Ananda Coomaraswamy
The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman.
Becoming is not a contradiction of being but the epiphany of being. - Ananda Coomaraswamy
Becoming is not a contradiction of being but the epiphany of being.
The vocation, whether it be that of the farmer or the architect, is a function; the exercise of this function as regards the man himself is the most … - Ananda Coomaraswamy
The vocation, whether it be that of the farmer or the architect, is a function; the exercise of this function as regards the man himself is the most …
We have come to think of art and work as incompatible, or at least independent categories and have for the first time in history created an industry … - Ananda Coomaraswamy
We have come to think of art and work as incompatible, or at least independent categories and have for the first time in history created an industry …
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