"All that we make and do is shaped……" — Lewis Hyde
"All that we make and do is shaped by the communities and traditions that contain us, not to mention by money, power, politics, and luck. And even should the artist or scientist think she has extracted herself from the world to stand alone in the studio, a tremendous array of faculties and mind-states may well attend her creativity."
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18 Quotes by Lewis Hyde
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We are each born into a situation-a particular body (its race, sex, health...), a set of ancestors, a community, a…
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An essential portion of any artist’s labor is not creation so much as invocation. Part of the work cannot be…
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The passage into mystery always refreshes. If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of…
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For the slow labor of realizing a potential gift the artist must retreat to those Bohemias, halfway between the slums…
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Unlike the sale of a commodity, the giving of a gift tends to establish a relationship between the parties involved.…
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What is it about a work of art, even when it is bought and sold in the market, that makes…
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True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers.
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Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means ‘an uncovering’). In this case, it lifts the…
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The gift moves towards the empty place. As it turns in its circle it turns towards him who has been…
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Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes…
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We forgive when we give up attachment to our wounds.
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Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master.…
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