"The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in……" — Rudolf Arnheim

The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must… - Rudolf Arnheim

"The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must not go beyond what is needed for his purpose."

— Rudolf Arnheim

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38 Quotes by Rudolf Arnheim

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In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.
At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics…
A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each…
Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked…
All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.
Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure.…
Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but…
Variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom, since art is more than an entertainment of the senses.
Seeing consists of the grasping of structural features rather than the indiscriminate recording of detail.
The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not…
Both art and science are bent on the understanding of the forces that shape existence, and both call for a…
Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of…

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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