I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.
Max BeckmannRead
I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality.
Interpretation
The quote reflects a quest for understanding the deeper truths beyond what is immediately observable.
Max Beckmann's quote suggests a desire to find a connection between the tangible world and the underlying realities that are not immediately seen. It emphasizes the importance of exploring beyond the surface of existence to uncover deeper meanings and insights that influence our understanding of life and art.
In practice
Use this quote in a discussion about the relationship between art and perception.
I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.
My heart beats more for a raw, average vulgar art, which doesn't live between sleepy fairy-tale moods and poetry but rather concedes a direct entrance to the fearful, commonplace, splendid and the average grotesque banality in life.
I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting.
If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice.
I think that people in general, whether they are male or female, who are inhibited by the clichés of what women are or what men are, really don't like themselves. Because personality traits are not necessarily sexual.
And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.
The word 'innocence' means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.
Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a further step and hold that two morons are better than one genius?
In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial.
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