To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

Samuel Beckett

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Topic

Purpose of art Art

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Proust

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. Proust. Chatto and Windus, 1930.

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Men have gained control over the forces of nature to such an extent that with their help they could have no difficulty in exterminating one another to the last man. They know this, and hence comes a large part of their current unrest, their unhappiness and their mood of anxiety.

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Sigmund Freud
Source
Civilization and Its Discontents
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1930 1930s 20th century
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [The Discomfort in Culture]. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag Wien, 1930, pt. 8.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and Its Discontents, translated by James Strachey. W. W. Norton & Company, 2021, pt. 8.

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In a burning building...I would save a cat before a Rembrandt.

Alberto Giacometti

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Topic
Value of life Hypothetical situations Relative value Cats Art
Speaker
Alberto Giacometti
Genre
Biography
Language
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Time
20th century
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Citation

Lord, James. Giacometti: A Biography. Macmillan, 1997, ch. 44.