Although it is very difficult to express in words the effect of a work of art, it may be said that the viewer's deepest impression can best be defined as the achievement of a balance between objective meaning and subjective meaning, both directly penetrated by awareness. He has a sensation of height and of depth which are no longer in any way bound to natural conditions or to spatial dimensions, a sensation which places the viewer in a state of consciousness harmony.


quote from: 'Abstract Painting', Michel Seuphor, Dell Publishing Co. 1964, pp. 85-86


Although it is very difficult to express in words the effect of a work of art, it may be said that the viewer's deepest impression can best be...

Although it is very difficult to express in words the effect of a work of art, it may be said that the viewer's deepest impression can best be...

Although it is very difficult to express in words the effect of a work of art, it may be said that the viewer's deepest impression can best be...

Although it is very difficult to express in words the effect of a work of art, it may be said that the viewer's deepest impression can best be...