My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
Carl AndreRead
A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the intrinsic motivations behind human creativity and exploration.
Carl Andre's quote reflects on the differences between the motivations of climbers and artists. A mountaineer seeks the thrill of conquering a challenge simply because it exists, while an artist creates to fill a void, to manifest something that is absent and to explore imagination and creativity. This highlights the innate human desire to push boundaries in different domains, whether through physical feat or artistic expression.
In practice
During a motivational speech about pursuing passions, this quote highlights the unique drive of artists.
My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.
I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity.
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
I cannot write in verse, for I am no poet. I cannot arrange the parts of speech with such art as to produce effects of light and shade, for I am no painter. Even by signs and gestures I cannot express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer. But I can do so by means of sounds, for I am a musician.
Art is the most beautiful deception of all!
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
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