Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) American protestant theologian
vol. 1, p. 131
The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation (1941)
“Before man was aware of art he was aware of himself.”
L’Art Corporel, 1979
Context: Before man was aware of art he was aware of himself. Awareness of the person is, then, the first art. In performance art the figure of the artist is the tool for the art. It is the art.
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Context: Jesus never said anything about absurdity, and he never indicated for one flash of time that he was aware of the preposterousness of his theory about himself. And he didn't even try to make the theory understandable in terms of the reality and experience of the rest of us. For if everybody else is also not what Jesus said he was, what good is what he said?