The Modern Artist, By Nature

My Own Early Experiences In War Led Me To Suspect The Value Of Discipline, Even In That Sphere Where It Is So Often Regarded As The First Essential For Success.

Art Is Pattern Informed By Sensibility.

Once We Become Conscious Of A Feeling And Attempt To Make A Corresponding Form, We Are Engaged In An Activity Which, Far From Being Sincere, Is Prepared (as Any Artist If He Is Sincere Will Tell You) To Moderate Feelings To Fit The Form. The Artist's Feeling For Form Is Stronger Than A Formless Feeling.

I Have Not The Slightest Doubt That This Form Of Individuation Represents A Higher Stage In The Evolution Of Mankind.

In A Sense, Every Tool Is A Machine--the Hammer, The Ax, And The Chisel. And Every Machine Is A Tool. The Real Distinction Is Between One Man Using A Tool With His Hands And Producing An Object That Shows At Every Stage The Direction Of His Will And The Impression Of His Personality; And A Machine Which Is Producing, Without The Intervention Of A Particular Man, Objects Of A Uniformity And Precision That Show No Individual Variation And Have No Personal Charm. The Problem Is To Decide Whether The Objects Of Machine Production Can Possess The Essential Qualities Of Art.