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The Myth of the Solitary Artist

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Michael Stiefel
Jacques-Louis David: The Intervention of the Sabine Women - Louvre

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Isaac Newton, in a letter to Robert Hooke The idea of the isolated, genius, solitary artist Continue ReadingThe Myth of the Solitary Artist→

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Posted in Artistic Tradition, Deception in Art and Software, Looking at Art | Tagged David, Lies, Picasso, Sabine Women

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Picasso, “Propos sur l’Art”

"We all know that art is not the truth. Art is a lie that makes us understand the truth, at least, the truth that we have the ability to understand. The artist must know the means to convince others of the authenticity of his lies."

Nietzsche, “Beyond Good and Evil”

"…just as little do we see a tree exactly and completely, in terms of leaves, twigs, color and form; it is so very much easier for us simply to improvise some approximation of a tree. Even in the midst of the strangest experiences we still do the same: we make up the major part of the experience, and can scarcely be forced not to contemplate some event as its “inventors”. All this means: from time immemorial we are – accustomed to lying. Or to put it more virtuously and hypocritically, in short, more pleasantly: one is much more of an artist than one knows."

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