What did Iris Murdoch mean by: Art is brief. (Not in a temporal sense.) […] Words are for concealment. Art is concealment. Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
Music relates sound and time and so pictures the ultimate edges of human commmunications. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Communication, Sound, Time, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
The chief requirement of the good life, is to live without any image of oneself. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Authenticity, Humility, Self-awareness, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Expression, Love, Unhappiness, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Creativity, Reflection, Transformation, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Author, October 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Civilization, Efficiency, Transportation, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
The entry of a child into any situation changes the whole situation. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Change, Family, Impact, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Another person’s illness is often harder to bear than one’s own. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Comparison, Compassion, Empathy, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Criticism, Importance, Perspective, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
