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November 2011 - page 4

MARK ROTHKO ~ THE ESSENCE OF ACADEMICISM

in Art of the Subconscious ~ Abstract Expressionism by

It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.

Mark Rothko

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Still life by Giorgio Morandi

THE SURREALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI

THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,

BRANCUSI ~ THE ESSENCE OF THINGS

in Art & the Unconscious Mind/Passion Of Art by

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things . . . it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.

Constantin Brancusi

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Still life by Giorgio Morandi

THE SURREALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI

THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,

IN GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity. (Alberto Giacometti)

ANGELA CARTER ~ ON THE MYSTERIE OF DREAMING

in Art & the Unconscious Mind/The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison.

Angela Carter

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JOHN STEINBECK ~ HUMAN BEHAVIOR

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

It has always seemed strange to me… the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

John Steinbeck

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Books and Happiness

BOOKS AND HAPPINESS

  “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that’s kind of the same thing.” Anonymous Girl Reading

MARCEL PROUST ~ ON DREAMING

in Art & the Unconscious Mind by

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.

Marcel Proust

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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ~ ON HAPPINESS

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

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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DJUNA BARNES ~ BEING A WOMAN

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers.../Women and their Passion for Books by

“A man is another person – a woman is yourself”

Djuna Barnes

(1892-1982)

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GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ ~ THE VALUE OF THINGS

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

Dale valor a las cosas, no por lo que valen, sino por lo que significan.
Value things not because of their worth but because of their meaning.

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

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