“Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.”
The Writing of Fiction (1925), ch. I
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American novelist, short story writer, designer 1862–1937Related quotes
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1970s
Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941) Hungarian Indian artist
In June 1938 Amrita and her husband fled from Fascist dominated Hungary.
Sikh Heritage,Amrita Shergil
David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas
"The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish", p. 312 (Nook edition)
Cloud Atlas (2004)
“A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw.”
Robert Henri (1865–1929) American painter
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
As quoted by Marius de Zayas, in 'The Arts', New York, May 1923
1920s, The Arts', New York, May 1923
Alfred Denning, Baron Denning (1899–1999) British judge
Packer v. Packer [1954] P. 15 at 22.
Judgments
Jean Paul Sartre book Saint Genet
Original: (fr) L’important n’est pas ce qu’on fait de nous mais ce que nous faisons nous-même de ce qu’on a fait de nous.
Source: Saint Genet, Actor and Martyr (1952), p.55
