Good Art Theory Must Smell

Seeing Consists Of The Grasping Of Structural Features Rather Than The Indiscriminate Recording Of Detail.

All Perceiving Is Also Thinking, All Reasoning Is Also Intuition, All Observation Is Also Invention.

No Mature Style Of Art In Any Culture Has Ever Been Simple. In Certain Cultures, An Overall Symmetry May Conceal The Complexity Of The Work At First Glance.

Good Art Theory Must Smell Of The Studio, Although Its Language Should Differ From The Household Talk Of Painters And Sculptors.

Rather Than Be Asked To Abandon One's Own Heritage And To Adapt To The Mores Of The New Country, One Was Expected To Possess A Treasure Of Foreign Skills And Customs That Would Enrich The Resources Of American Living.