“Only through apprehending, by means of present-day creations, how art is created, can the creations of other periods be genuinely appreciated.”
Source: Art on the Edge, (1975), p. 136, "Criticism and Its Premises"
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“Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.”

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Posed question: There's a lot of people who would suggest that creationism and evolution are not mutually exclusive. That the big bang— after all, something had to create the big bangs, perhaps some higher being, and there's a tremendous amount of scientific evidence that there was a big bang which started this whole process underway. You can't go along with that?

This Business of Living (1935-1950)
'Search for the Real in the Visual Arts', p. 49
Search for the Real and Other Essays (1948)

“Light was first
Through the Lord's word Named day:
Beauteous, bright creation!”
Creation. The First Day (c. 670).