“The greatest works of art speak to us without knowing us.”
Alain de Botton book The Consolations of Philosophy
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter V, Consolation For A Broken Heart, p. 200.
“Alpinism is the art of climbing mountains by confronting the greatest dangers with the greatest prudence. Art is used here to mean the accomplishment of knowledge in action.”
— René Daumal, book Mount Analogue
Mount Analogue (1952)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Alpinism is the art of climbing mountains by confronting the greatest dangers with the greatest prudence. Art is used h…" by René Daumal?
René Daumal12
French poet and writer 1908–1944Related quotes
“Art is for all — and the greatest art proves it.”
William Soutar (1898–1943) British poet
Diary, 29 August 1932.
Quotation posted with the permission of the National Scottish Library, Edinburgh, Scotland.
“All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.”
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director
“The Universe is the greatest piece of art”
Jacek Tylicki (1951) American artist
Catalogue to exhibition in Gallery 38 - Copenhagen, 1976, as cited in: Leszek Brogowski & Dorota Czerner (transl.). Jacek Tylicki: Art and Artworks. 2014
“The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.”
William Morris (1834–1896) author, designer, and craftsman
The Beauty of Life (1880).
“The greatest art is to shape the quality of the day.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
“The most perfect art was Greek art. Raphael is the greatest of all masters in painting.”
Emil Nolde (1867–1956) German artist
Such were the doctrines of every art teacher only twenty or thirty years ago.
1.
1900 - 1920, On Primitive Art – Emil Nolde, 1912
“I declare peace the greatest work of art.”
Wolf Vostell (1932–1998) German painter and sculptor
Wolf Vostell (1980) Wolf Vostell : de-collagen; Verwischungen. p. 23
Original: Ich erkläre den Frieden zum größten Kunstwerk.
“Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.”
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) British writer and philosopher