Robert Motherwell Quote

The activity of the artist makes him less socially conditioned and more humans. It is then that he is disposed to revolution. Society stands against anarchy; the artist stands for the human against society; society therefore threats him As an anarchist. Society's logic is faulty, but its intimation of an enemy is not. Still, the social conflict with society is an incidental obstacle in the artist's path.


pp. 36-37 - 'Beyond the Aesthetics' (1946)


The activity of the artist makes him less socially conditioned and more humans. It is then that he is disposed to revolution. Society stands against...

The activity of the artist makes him less socially conditioned and more humans. It is then that he is disposed to revolution. Society stands against...

The activity of the artist makes him less socially conditioned and more humans. It is then that he is disposed to revolution. Society stands against...

The activity of the artist makes him less socially conditioned and more humans. It is then that he is disposed to revolution. Society stands against...