Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Thomas Merton

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Topic

Purpose of art Art

Author

Thomas Merton

Source

No Man Is an Island

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Monk Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Merton, Thomas. No Man Is an Island. Clonmore & Reynolds/Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955.

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Another quote from the 1950s

If you could say it in words, there'd be no reason to paint.

Edward Hopper

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Topic
Purpose of art Limits of language

Author

Edward Hopper
Source
Time
Medium
Magazine
Language
English
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hopper, Edward. "Art: The Silent Witness.” Time Magazine, 24 Dec. 1956.

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.