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JACKSON POLLOCK ~ THE GAME OF CONSTRUCTION

in Art of the Subconscious ~ Abstract Expressionism/Passion Of Art by

“It’s all a big game of construction, some
with a brush, some with a shovel, some
choose a pen.”
Jackson Pollock

Photo Jackson Pollock, Long Island 1949 by Arnold Newman

MOORE ~ ON PAINTINGS

in Passion Of Art by

“The many great paintings of the world, all make the point as clear as possible:

The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art. If you don’t want the pleasure of art, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don’t have a soul.”

GEORGES BRAQUE ~ MYSTERY OF ART

in Art & the Unconscious Mind/Passion Of Art by

“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.”
Georges Braque

ANAIS NIN ~ ON WRITING

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers.../Thoughts on literature by

“If you do not breathe through writing, if you
do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write,
because our culture has no use for it.”
Anais Nin

WOODY ALLEN ~ ON DEATH

in Just a bit of everything and everyone... by

“I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

Woody Allen

W.H. AUDEN ~ HOW DOES A POET EARN HIS MONEY?

in Poetical Visions by


“It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.”
~W.H. Auden

FRANK ZAPPA ~ ON THE MIND

in Just a bit of everything and everyone... by

“Your mind is like a parachute… it functions only when open”

Frank Zappa

MAN RAY ~ ON PAINTERS

in Just a bit of everything and everyone.../Passion Of Art by

“To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.”
Man Ray

Self portrait with chess set

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER ~ SADNESS OF THE INTELLECT

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

SADNESS OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart; Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean]; Sadness of having options; Sadness of wanting sadness; Sadness of confusion; Sadness of domes[tic]ated birds, Sadness of fini[shi]ng a book; Sadness of remembering; Sadness of forgetting; Anxiety sadness…”

Jonathan Safran Foer  (Everything is illuminated)

OSCAR WILDE ~ SOUL AND SENSES

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”

Oscar Wilde (The picture of Dorian Gray)

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