English - Critic | September 16, 1881 - September 18, 1964
We all agree now - by 'we' I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves.
Clive Bell
WorkBeautifulArtPeopleRoseNow
We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it.
WorkArtFeelingThanOurMeans
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