Susanne Langer Quote

All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.


Feeling and Form: A Theory of Art Developed from Philosophy in a New Key (1953)


All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.

All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.

All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.

All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.