Carl von Clausewitz Quote

Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena. … But when they come to the aesthetics of their work, when they aim at a particular effect on the mind or on the senses, the rules dissolve into nothing but vague ideas.


On War (1832) - Book 2


Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena. … But when they come to the aesthetics of...

Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena. … But when they come to the aesthetics of...

Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena. … But when they come to the aesthetics of...

Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena. … But when they come to the aesthetics of...