Ingres was one of those artists to whom the outline was something sacred and magical, and the reason is that it was… — Kenneth Clark Abstraction Copy Share Image
Only the bad artists of the nineteenth century were frightened by the invention of photography; the good ones all welcomed it and… — Kenneth Clark Accurate Copy Share Image
Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any… — Kenneth Clark Architecture Copy Share Image
Almost all great painters in old age arrive at the same kind of broad, simplified style, as if they wanted to summarise… — Kenneth Clark Age Copy Share Image
“In the early twelfth century century the Virgin had been the supreme protectress of civilisation. She had taught a race of tough… — Kenneth Clark Civilization Copy Share Image
I just don't think the moon is going to be an adequate substitute for the fact that we haven't addressed ourselves to… — Kenneth Clark Adequate Copy Share Image
Only the bad artists of the nineteenth century were frightened by the invention of photography; the good ones all welcomed it and… — Kenneth Clark Art Copy Share Image
Just as a classical dancer repeats the same movements again and again, in order to achieve a greater perfection of line and… — Kenneth Clark Achieve Copy Share Image
The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people. — Kenneth Clark Achievement Copy Share Image
All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war. — Kenneth Clark Civilisation Copy Share Image
People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like… — Kenneth Clark Alexandria Copy Share Image
Few people can look at a painting longer than it takes to peel an orange and eat it. — Kenneth Clark Looks Copy Share Image
The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself of valuable… — Kenneth Clark Achievement Copy Share Image
The illustrator is essentially a reporter: his subjects come from the outside, lit by a flash. A subject comes to the classical… — Kenneth Clark Art Copy Share Image
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. — Kenneth Clark Bombs Copy Share Image
“It would be unfair to say that I prefer the back of a book to its contents, but it is true that… — Kenneth Clark Belief Copy Share Image
The various parts of the body cannot be perceived as simple units and have no clear relationship to one another. In almost… — Kenneth Clark Art Copy Share Image
You have no idea what portrait painters suffer from the vanity of their sitters. — Kenneth Clark Ideas Copy Share Image
Art...must do something more than give pleasure: it should relate to our own life so as to increase our energy of spirit. — Kenneth Clark Art Copy Share Image
I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos. — Kenneth Clark Believe Copy Share Image
The difference between what we see and a sheet of white paper with a few thin lines on it is very great.… — Kenneth Clark Abstract Copy Share Image
We are part of a great whole. All living things are our brothers and sisters. — Kenneth Clark Brother Copy Share Image
The Cathedrals were built to the glory of God; New York was built to the glory of Mammon. — Kenneth Clark Built Copy Share Image
A racist system inevitably destroys and damages human beings; it brutalizes and dehumanizes them, blacks and whites alike. — Kenneth Clark Damage Copy Share Image
