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Lawren Harris Quotes

Every work of art which really moves us is in some degree a revelation: it changes us Picture Quote #1

Art is the beginning of vision into the realm of eternal life Picture Quote #1

Art must take to the road and risk all for the glory of adventure Picture Quote #1

New material demands new methods, and new methods fling a challenge to old convention Picture Quote #1

In the inner place where true artists create there exists a pure child Picture Quote #1

If we view a great mountain soaring into the sky, it may excite us, evoke an uplifted feeling within us. There is an interplay of something we see outside of us with our inner response. The artist takes that response and its feelings and shapes it on canvas with paint so that when finished it contains the experience Picture Quote #1

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The truth is that works of art test the spectator much more than the spectator tests them Picture Quote #1

Visible nature is but a distorted reflection of a more perfect world and the creative individual viewing her is inspired to perceive within and behind her many garments, that which is timeless and entirely beautiful Picture Quote #1

So long as painting deals with objective nature, it is an impure art, for recognizability precludes the highest aesthetic emotion. All painting, ancient or modern, moves us aesthetically only in so far as it possesses a force over and beyond its aspect Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, indeed often, we work on a theme with an unformed idea, and, when it has passed through the process, its final result is something we could never have predicted when we commenced Picture Quote #1

Art is not an amusement, nor a distraction, nor is it, as many men maintain, an escape from life. On the contrary, it is a high training of the soul, essential to the soul’s growth, to its unfoldment Picture Quote #1

Of course there must be the urge, the indefinable longing to get something through into terms of plastic presentation, but results are nearly always unpredictable Picture Quote #1

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It requires courage to face and to conquer the immense weight of inertia and the dead and dying traditions and sophistications that clutter the minds of men and mould them into the mimicry of living ways Picture Quote #1

It requires a conviction that every people has a unique contribution to give to mankind, and that this they must make or remain sterile, subservient, sallow, and that this contribution they must have commenced to make before they can hope to understand the spirit that informs all great works and inspires all noble living Picture Quote #1

I myself incline to drift, to accept a lesser situation rather than strive for a greater, and yet, I know that character in life and art is only made by an effort that is quite beyond one’s ordinary everyday acceptance of things as they are Picture Quote #1

The power of beauty at work in man, as the artist has always known, is severe and exacting, and once evoked, will never leave him alone, until he brings his work and life into some semblance of harmony with its spirit Picture Quote #1

For the arts epitomize, intensify and clarify the experience of beauty for us as nothing else can Picture Quote #1

Beauty is a living abiding presence completely untouchable by all the devices of man, such as moral codes, creeds, intellectual analysis, games and cliches, the acquisitive instinct, or lust for anything whatsoever Picture Quote #1

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Abstract art is a creative interplay between the conscious and the unconscious, with the conscious mind making all the final decisions and in control throughout Picture Quote #1

Art is long. Life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling Picture Quote #1

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Every work of art which really moves us is in some degree a revelation: it changes us (Lawren Harris Quotes) Art is the beginning of vision into the realm of eternal life (Lawren Harris Quotes) Art must take to the road and risk all for the glory of adventure (Lawren Harris Quotes) New material demands new methods, and new methods fling a challenge to old convention (Lawren Harris Quotes) In the inner place where true artists create there exists a pure child (Lawren Harris Quotes) If we view a great mountain soaring into the sky, it may excite us, evoke an uplifted feeling within us. There is an interplay of something we see outside of us with our inner response. The artist takes that response and its feelings and shapes it on canvas with paint so that when finished it contains the experience (Lawren Harris Quotes) The truth is that works of art test the spectator much more than the spectator tests them (Lawren Harris Quotes) Visible nature is but a distorted reflection of a more perfect world and the creative individual viewing her is inspired to perceive within and behind her many garments, that which is timeless and entirely beautiful (Lawren Harris Quotes) So long as painting deals with objective nature, it is an impure art, for recognizability precludes the highest aesthetic emotion. All painting, ancient or modern, moves us aesthetically only in so far as it possesses a force over and beyond its aspect (Lawren Harris Quotes) Sometimes, indeed often, we work on a theme with an unformed idea, and, when it has passed through the process, its final result is something we could never have predicted when we commenced (Lawren Harris Quotes) Art is not an amusement, nor a distraction, nor is it, as many men maintain, an escape from life. On the contrary, it is a high training of the soul, essential to the soul’s growth, to its unfoldment (Lawren Harris Quotes) Of course there must be the urge, the indefinable longing to get something through into terms of plastic presentation, but results are nearly always unpredictable (Lawren Harris Quotes) It requires courage to face and to conquer the immense weight of inertia and the dead and dying traditions and sophistications that clutter the minds of men and mould them into the mimicry of living ways (Lawren Harris Quotes) It requires a conviction that every people has a unique contribution to give to mankind, and that this they must make or remain sterile, subservient, sallow, and that this contribution they must have commenced to make before they can hope to understand the spirit that informs all great works and inspires all noble living (Lawren Harris Quotes) I myself incline to drift, to accept a lesser situation rather than strive for a greater, and yet, I know that character in life and art is only made by an effort that is quite beyond one’s ordinary everyday acceptance of things as they are (Lawren Harris Quotes) The power of beauty at work in man, as the artist has always known, is severe and exacting, and once evoked, will never leave him alone, until he brings his work and life into some semblance of harmony with its spirit (Lawren Harris Quotes) For the arts epitomize, intensify and clarify the experience of beauty for us as nothing else can (Lawren Harris Quotes) Beauty is a living abiding presence completely untouchable by all the devices of man, such as moral codes, creeds, intellectual analysis, games and cliches, the acquisitive instinct, or lust for anything whatsoever (Lawren Harris Quotes) Abstract art is a creative interplay between the conscious and the unconscious, with the conscious mind making all the final decisions and in control throughout (Lawren Harris Quotes) Art is long. Life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling (Lawren Harris Quotes)