Fine art can only be defined as exclusive, negative, absolute and timeless. It is not practical, useful, related, applicable, or subservient to anything else.

Ad Reinhardt

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Author

Ad Reinhardt

Source

ARTnews

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Reinhardt, Ad. "Twelve Rules for a New Academy." ARTnews, May 1957.

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I like to find
what's not found
at once, but lies
within something of another nature
in repose, distinct.

Denise Levertov

Pleasures

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Topic
Seeking

Author

Denise Levertov
Source
Pleasures
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1959 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Levertov, Denise. "Pleasures." With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads. New Directions Publishing, 1959, I. 1.

Another quote about Art

The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

Friedrich Schiller

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Topic
Freedom Art

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen [On the Aesthetic Education of Man]." Horen, Jan. 1795, letter 2.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. On the Aesthetic Education of Man, edited by Alexander Schimidt, translated by Kenneth Tribe. Penguin Classics, 2016, letter 2.