Aesthetics Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his reflective processes, and incomprehensibly…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which…

— Paul Cezanne

“Art educates. That's why writers must know life. . .If the writer knows life, his work is often progressive, even though his own consciousness…

— slawomir mrozek

A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot,…

— Joshua Reynolds

When a spectator approaches a painting with his own particular set of filters or theories, be they historical, political, intellectual or whatever - he…

— Douglas Portway

“Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so useless as criticism. Only love can touch and hold…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel…

— Henri Matisse

“No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his personality. He expresses his personality indirectly through concentrating upon a task which…

— T.S. Eliot

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

— Paul Cezanne

The moving toward one's inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but impels him…

— Ben Shahn

“A painter must never be satisfied with what he sees—painting reality means surrendering to it,”

— Saša Stanišić

If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather…

— Ben Shahn