The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate a work of art, we must bring with us nothing from life, no knowledge of its affairs and ideas, no familiarity with its emotions.


Art (ed. Perigee, 1958)

Clive Bell Quotes

The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate a work of art, we must bring...

The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate a work of art, we must bring...

The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate a work of art, we must bring...

The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate a work of art, we must bring...