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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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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You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
You just might find
You get what you need.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Performed by The Rolling Stones. Let It Bleed. Decca Records, 1969.

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The greatness of art, like poetry or music, is that it is totally unnecessary.

Christo

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Art for art's sake Art

Author

Christo
Source
D Magazine
Medium
Interview
Language
English
Time
2011 2010s 21st century
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Christo. "Interview: Christo On the Freedom of Unnecessary Art." Interviewed by Peter Simek. D Magazine, 24 Feb. 2011.