Elizabeth Hardwick Quotes about Art

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How certain human beings are able to create works of art is a mystery, and why they should wish to do so, at a great cost to themselves usually, is another mystery. Works are not created by one's life; every life is

How certain human beings are able to create works of art is a mystery, and why they should wish to do so, at a great cost to themselves usually, is another mystery. Works are not created by one's life; every life is rich in material.

Elizabeth Hardwick

Art, Wish, Cost

Elizabeth Hardwick (1998). “Sight-readings: American Fictions”, Random House Incorporated

Art is a profession, not a shrine.

Elizabeth Hardwick

Art, Shrines, Art Is

Elizabeth Hardwick (1962). “A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society”

Gertrude Stein, all courage and will, is a soldier of minimalism. Her work, unlike the resonating silences in the art of Samuel Beckett, embodies in its loquacity and verbosity the curious paradox of the minimalist form. This art of the nuance in repetition and placement she shares with the orchestral compositions of Philip Glass.

Elizabeth Hardwick

Art, Glasses, Silence

Elizabeth Hardwick (1998). “Sight-readings: American Fictions”, Random House Incorporated

Elizabeth Hardwick Quotes about Art

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