Good art theory must smell of the studio, although its language should differ from the household talk of painters and sculptors.
Rudolf ArnheimRead
Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Order helps us comprehend complex ideas and concepts.
Rudolf Arnheim emphasizes that for comprehension and understanding to occur, a certain level of order must be established. Without this order, our ability to process and make sense of information is significantly hindered, suggesting that clarity and structure are essential for learning and intellectual growth.
Themes
OrderUnderstandingMindClarityIntellectual Growth
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a lecture about the importance of structure in education.
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Once it is recognized that productive thinking in any area of cognition is perceptual thinking, the central function of art in general education will become evident.
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Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems.
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The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.
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