What did Halldór Laxness mean by: No one is so busy that he hasn’t the time to dismantle a work of art. - Halldór Laxness Copy
+ For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Halldór Laxness, Grieving, Love, 0 - Halldór Laxness
+ It’s an old saying that one still has to know something, despite everything. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Halldór Laxness, Despite, 0 - Halldór Laxness
+ It’s a pity we don’t whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Halldór Laxness, Bird, Pity, 0 - Halldór Laxness
+ You have fettered yourself of your own free will, man – break the fetters! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Halldór Laxness, Break, Free Will, 0 - Halldór Laxness
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
