"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. "William Faulkner
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Art
"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. "
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This is helpful:
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Samuel Butler
Thankfully, Mr. Faulkner didn't have to consider more modern forms of artistic expression, i.e. a performance "artist" preserving his canned feces, for this so insightful statement.
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