Art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm... An arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

Saul Bellow

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Topic

Power of art Art

Speaker

Saul Bellow

Source

Writers at Work

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Bellow, Saul. Quoted in Writers at Work by George Blimpton. Third series. Penguin Books, 1977.

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William Sloane Coffin
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Original Citation

Coffin, William Sloane. "In Praise of Rest." 29 July 1979, Riverside Church, New York City, New York, USA. Sermon.

Current Citation

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Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires.

Pablo Picasso

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Painting Art
Speaker
Pablo Picasso
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 6.