Art Quote by Walter Pater
“The base of all artistic genius is the power of conceiving humanity in a new, striking, rejoicing way, of putting a happy world ofits own creation in place of the meaner world of common days, of generating around itself an atmosphere with a novel power of refraction, selecting, transforming, recombining the images it transmits, according to the choice of the imaginative intellect. In exercising this power, painting and poetry have a choice of subject almost unlimited.”
About This Quote
Source Book: The Renaissance, Walter Pater, 1873
Artistic genius lies in reimagining humanity, creating a joyful, transformed world through inventive perception and recombination of images.
In simple terms: Genius is seeing humanity anew and reshaping reality.
Key Takeaway
Cultivate imaginative perception.
Themes
creativity
art
imagination
perception
transformation
Mood
inspired
reflective
Type
philosophical
inspirational
When to use this quote
- painting
- poetry
- creative writing
- design
- education
Key Concepts
aesthetic theory
novelty
refraction
recombination
Questions to Reflect On
- How can you reframe everyday experiences creatively?
- What limits does conventional perception impose?
A Different Perspective
May overlook practical constraints of reality.
