While their methods differ radically, artists and physicists share the desire to investigate the ways the interlocking pieces of reality fit together. This is the common ground upon which they meet.
Leonard ShlainRead
Revolutionary art and visionary physics are both investigations into the nature of reality.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote suggests that both revolutionary art and visionary physics seek to understand and depict the essence of reality.
Leonard Shlain emphasizes that both revolutionary art and visionary physics serve as profound explorations of reality. Art expresses human experiences and perceptions, while physics attempts to uncover the fundamental truths of the universe. Together, they contribute to a deeper understanding of what reality is, intertwining creativity and scientific inquiry in the pursuit of knowledge.
Themes
ArtPhysicsRealityExplorationCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the intersection of art and science, one might cite this quote to illustrate their synergy.
More from Leonard Shlain
All quotes →Similar quotes
One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.
Edgar DegasRead
I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
Alexander McqueenRead
If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!
Count BasieRead
Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible.
Charles BaudelaireRead
Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life.... Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in these difficult and ugly days! He is one of the few people left in this distressful world to carry on the tradition of elegance and charm. A useless member of society, considered in terms of economics, he must not be denied his rightful place. He deserves to share it, however humbly, with the painter and poet.
Vita Sackville-WestRead
Poetry is the essence of everything, and it’s through deep contact with reality and living fully that you reach poetry. Very often I see photographers cultivating the strangeness or awkwardness of a scene, thinking it is poetry. No. Poetry is two elements which are suddenly conflict — a spark between two elements. But it’s given very seldom, and you can’t look for it. It’s like if you look for inspiration. No, it just comes by enriching yourself and living.
Henri Cartier-BressonRead