To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere but once these barriers are broken it will enter the regions of childhood vision and dream.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Art becomes immortal by transcending logic and embracing childhood dreams.
- In plain terms
- Great art ignores logic and looks like a dream.
- What can you take from it?
- Break logic to make timeless art.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes art last?
- Can dreams be real?
Another view
Logic often helps make art understandable to others.
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One must paint all the phenomena of the world as an enigma.
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