Art Quote by Sergei Eisenstein Download Open image “It is art's task to make manifest the contradictions of Being” — Sergei Eisenstein ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Contradiction Manifest Tasks
A successful work of art is not one which resolves contradictions in a spurious harmony, but one which expresses the idea of harmony negatively… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
Art requires, above all things, a suppression of self, a subordination of one's self to an idea. — Henry James Copy Share Image
“A piece of art only succeeds when it's creator...possesses the belief that brings it into being” — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative... I want my… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
Art imitates nature not in its effects as such, but in its causes, in its 'manner,' in its process, which are nothing but a… — Paul Claudel Copy Share Image
To say that one need art, or politics, that incorporate ambiguity and contradiction is not to say that one then stops recognizing and condemning… — William Kentridge Copy Share Image
There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. — Piet Pieterszoon Hein Copy Share Image
“Art is just another way to describe and classify reality – its mystical aspects merely a function of ignorance.” — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
“Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Art is the one thing man creates not out of need or luxury; therefore, it is the purest essence of his individuality.” — Anthony Paolucci Copy Share Image
“Down the steps, ...over the corpses, ...careers the pram with the child.” — Sergei Eisenstein Copy Share Image
The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any… — Sergei Eisenstein Copy Share Image
For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within… — Sergei Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Now why should the cinema follow the forms of theater and painting rather than the methodology of language, which allows wholly new concepts of… — Sergei Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods,… — Sergei Eisenstein Copy Share Image
American capitalism finds its sharpest and most expressive reflection in the American cinema. — Sergei Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Books are attracted to me. They make a beeline for me, and stick to me. I have been so fond of them that at… — Sergei Eisenstein Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
