
“Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.”
Maxim 739, trans. Stopp
Maxims and Reflections (1833)
“Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.”
Maxim 739, trans. Stopp
Maxims and Reflections (1833)
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”
“The art of music above all the other arts is the expression of the soul of a nation.”
National Music (1934) p. 123.
“[Art is].. the mysterious expression of the mysterious..”
Source: 1916 -1920, Autobiography', 1918, p. 17
As quoted in Man Creates Art Creates Man (1973) by Duane Preble, p. 14
Variant translation: Art is solving problems that cannot be formulated before they have been solved. The shaping of the question is part of the answer.
As quoted in Architecture: form, space, and order (2007) by Francis D.K. Ching, p. ix
Context: After all, what is art? Art is the creative process and it goes through all fields. Einstein’s theory of relativity — now that is a work of art! Einstein was more of an artist in physics than on his violin.
Art is this: art is the solution of a problem which cannot be expressed explicitly until it is solved.
"Hauer's Theories" (Notes of November 1923), in Style and Idea (1985), p. 210
1920s
“All art is the expression of experience in some medium.”
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy