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Ben Shahn Quotes

Art almost always has its ingredient of impudence, its flouting of established authority, so that it may substitute its own authority and its own enlightenment Picture Quote #1
To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals from irrelevant material which surrounds them Picture Quote #1
It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder Picture Quote #1
We tried to present the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. But that’s the paradox because the only thing extraordinary about it was that it was so ordinary. Nobody had ever done it before, deliberately. Now it’s called documentary, which I suppose is all right... We just took pictures that cried out to be taken Picture Quote #1
A work of art rests its merits in traditional qualities. It may constitute a remarkable feat in craftsmanship; it may be a searching study of psychological states; it may be a nostalgic glance backward; it may be any one of an infinite number of concepts, none of which may have any possible bearing upon its degree of newness Picture Quote #1
It is an intimately communicative affair between the painter and his painting, a conversation back and forth, the painting telling the painter even as it receives its shape and form Picture Quote #1
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The artist is likely to be looked upon with some uneasiness by the more conservative members of society Picture Quote #1
Forms in art arise from the impact of idea upon material... so that thinking and belief and attitudes may endure as actual things Picture Quote #1
The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance Picture Quote #1
Content may by trivial. But I do not think that any person may pronounce either upon the weight or upon the triviality of an idea before its execution Picture Quote #1
It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality Picture Quote #1
The moving toward one’s inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but impels him on toward the more adequate image Picture Quote #1
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If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think Picture Quote #1
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Art almost always has its ingredient of impudence, its flouting of established authority, so that it may substitute its own authority and its own enlightenment  (Ben Shahn Quotes) To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals from irrelevant material which surrounds them  (Ben Shahn Quotes) It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder  (Ben Shahn Quotes) We tried to present the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. But that’s the paradox because the only thing extraordinary about it was that it was so ordinary. Nobody had ever done it before, deliberately. Now it’s called documentary, which I suppose is all right... We just took pictures that cried out to be taken  (Ben Shahn Quotes) A work of art rests its merits in traditional qualities. It may constitute a remarkable feat in craftsmanship; it may be a searching study of psychological states; it may be a nostalgic glance backward; it may be any one of an infinite number of concepts, none of which may have any possible bearing upon its degree of newness  (Ben Shahn Quotes) It is an intimately communicative affair between the painter and his painting, a conversation back and forth, the painting telling the painter even as it receives its shape and form  (Ben Shahn Quotes) The artist is likely to be looked upon with some uneasiness by the more conservative members of society  (Ben Shahn Quotes) Forms in art arise from the impact of idea upon material... so that thinking and belief and attitudes may endure as actual things  (Ben Shahn Quotes) The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance  (Ben Shahn Quotes) Content may by trivial. But I do not think that any person may pronounce either upon the weight or upon the triviality of an idea before its execution  (Ben Shahn Quotes) It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality  (Ben Shahn Quotes) The moving toward one’s inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but impels him on toward the more adequate image  (Ben Shahn Quotes) If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think  (Ben Shahn Quotes)
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