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Rebecca West Quotes

Rebecca West quotes about art

Irish Author December 21, 1892 – March 15, 1983

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works of art feel towards human beings exactly as we do towards ghosts. The transparency of spectres, the diffuseness in space which lets them drift through doors and walls, and their smell of death, disgust us not more than we disgust works of art by our meaninglessness, our diffuseness in time which lets us drift through three score years and ten without a quarter as much significance as a picture establishes instantaneously. Rebecca West
we disgust works of art by our meaninglessness, our diffuseness in time which lets us drift through three score years and ten without a quarter as much significance as a picture establishes instantaneously Rebecca West
Rebecca West quote: "Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the..."
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. Rebecca West
Rebecca West quote: "There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should..."
There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. Rebecca West
Rebecca West quote: "A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of..."
A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample. Rebecca West

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