“ Art has no end in view save the emphasising and recording in the most effective way some strongly felt interest or affection. ”
Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Butler |
|---|---|
| Source | The Note-Books of Samuel Butler |
| Topic | interest affection |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6173/6173-h/6173-h.htm |
Context
“and you may have nature before you all the while you are painting and yet not be painting from her.
Sketching from Nature
Is very like trying to put a pinch of salt on her tail. And yet many manage to do it very nicely.
Great Art and Sham Art
Art has no end in view save the emphasising and recording in the most effective way some strongly felt interest or affection. Where there is neither interest nor desire to record with good effect, there is but sham art, or none at all: where both these are fully present, no matter how rudely and inarticulately, there is great art.”
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