Status Updates From Théorie de l'art moderne

"Çünkü sıradan kişi ile sanatçı arasında karşılıklı bir yaklaşımın mümkün olduüu ve sanatçının artık bütünüyle ayrı bir varlık olarak gözükmediği ortak bir yer olmalı."

“Your realist, however, coming across such an illustration […], would exclaim in great indignation: ‘Is that supposed to be nature? I call it bad drawing.’

Does then the artist concern himself with microscopy? History? Palaeontology?

Only for purposes of comparison, only in the exercise of his mobility of mind. And not to provide a scientific check on the truth of nature.”

He’s aware, I like him.

"To explain art, therefore, is often an effort to give words to nameless processes, to actions otherwise confined to instinctive gestures."

Damn im too stupid for even art then

"[Klee] is unique in the logical consistency of his exposition. He was a metaphysical cast of mind and widely read in philosophy and science, and proficient in still another than his own - in music. All this gave him a wide range of reference and illustration."

Okay I get why Joon reads this. This is basically him.

bu tarz kitapları okurken sanata dair ne kadar az şey bildiğim ve daha öğrenmem gereken çok şey olduğu suratıma çarpıyor resmen.