Behavior Human Quotes by Ellen Dissanayake

Art transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.

— Ellen Dissanayake

We can begin a discussion of artmaking by noting that from very early (as long ago as 200,000 years), humans have been naturally attracted…

— Ellen Dissanayake

Art is a normal and necessary behavior of human beings and like other common and universal occupations such as talking, working, exercising, playing, socializing,…

— Ellen Dissanayake

In every human society of which we know - prehistoric, ancient or modern, whether hunter-gatherer, pastoral, agricultural or industrial - at least some form…

— Ellen Dissanayake

I suggest that what artists do in all media can be summarized as deliberately performing the operations that occur instinctively during a ritualized behaviour:…

— Ellen Dissanayake