Top 7 Quotes by Anton Ehrenzweig

Abstract art has helped us to experience the emotional power inherent in pure form.

Art, Emotional, Abstract

Anton Ehrenzweig (1967). “The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination”, p.147, Univ of California Press

Every student deserves to be treated as a potential genius.

Mentor, Genius, Students

Anton Ehrenzweig (1967). “The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination”, p.107, Univ of California Press

Superficially insignificant or accidental looking detail [in art] may well carry the most important unconscious symbolism.

Art, Symbolism, Important

"Subliminal Ad-ventures in Erotic Art" by Wilson Bryan Key, Branden Books, (p. 37), 1992.

Our attempt at focusing must give way to the vacant all-embracing stare

Giving, Way, Staring

Anton Ehrenzweig (1967). “The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination”, p.67, Univ of California Press

The immortality of great art seems bound up with the inevitable loss of its original surface meaning and its rebirth in the spirit of every new age.

Art, Loss, Age

Anton Ehrenzweig (1967). “The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination”, p.77, Univ of California Press

The work of art acts like another living person with whom we are conversing.

Art, Works Of Art, Persons

Anton Ehrenzweig (1967). “The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination”, p.104, Univ of California Press

There comes a voluptuous moment when the senses and the whole skin tingle with a sharpened awareness of the body and the world around.

Skins, World, Body

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