Roger Fry: Expression

Roger Fry was English artist and art critic. Explore interesting quotes on expression.

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“There is no difference between landscapes and other subjects: in general in painting I try to express the emotions that the contemplation of the form produces in me.”

Letters by Roger Fry (496 - 497) Chatto and Windus ISBN 9780701115999
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“Only those who have experienced the elation and despair which comes from the attempt to express their feelings about vision in oil paint will know that it is impossible to speak with complete impartiality about art.”

Characteristics of French Art' 1931.
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“Art is an expression and stimulus to the imaginative life rather than a copy of actual life. Art appreciates emotion in and for itself. The artist, is the most constantly observant of his surroundings and the least affected by their intrinsic aesthetic value. As he contemplates a particular field of vision the aesthetically chaotic and accidental conjunction of forms and colours begin to crystallize into a harmony.”

An essay on aesthetics (1909) from Vision and design by Roger fry, Forgotten Books , 2012
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“I fancy all distinctively poetical language ought to be banned and the poetry come out of the quality of the idea and the intensity or passion with which it is expressed.”

Letter to R. C. Trevelyan , September 7, 1932
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