Art is meant to disturb, science reassures.

L’Art est fait pour troubler, la Science rassure.

Georges Braque

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Topic

Art and science Purpose of art Art Science

Author

Georges Braque

Source

Journals of Georges Braque

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Braque, Georges. Le Jour et la nuit: Cahiers 1917-52 [Day and Night. Notebooks 1917-1952]. Gallimard, 1952.

Current Citation

Braque, Georges. Illustrated Notebooks: 1917-1955, translated by Stanley Appelbaum. Dover Publications, 1971.

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Another quote from the 1950s

I like to find
what's not found
at once, but lies
within something of another nature
in repose, distinct.

Denise Levertov

Pleasures

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Topic
Seeking

Author

Denise Levertov
Source
Pleasures
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1959 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Levertov, Denise. "Pleasures." With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads. New Directions Publishing, 1959, I. 1.

Another quote about Art

Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals.

Susan Sontag

Freak Show

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Topic
Modern art Power of art Art

Author

Susan Sontag
Source
Freak Show The New York Review of Books
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Freak Show." The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 1973.

Another quote originally in French

A service beyond all recompense
Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense.

Pierre Corneille

Surena

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Topic
Favors
Speaker
Orode

Author

Pierre Corneille
Source
Surena
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play) Tragedy
Language
French
Time
1674 1670s 17th century
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Citation

Corneille, Pierre. Surena. 1674, act 3, sc. 2.