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The Creative Impulse

Wed Feb 13, 2008, 3:13 AM
"Then again the great artist, besides aiming at perfection of form searches for truth. He never, in any of his works, allows what he knows to be false to remain. If he believes a work to be false in any part he will change, destroy or abandon it. The longer he works the more exacting he becomes in the demand for what is true. This insistence upon truth is of great importance today. The invention of atomic weapons is a far less sinister threat to human happiness than the discovery of the power of untruth. The realisation this it is possible to influence millions by the deliberately told lie is one of the most dreadful threats that civilisation has ever been compelled to face. The atomic bomb in itself is harmless. But the untruth, or the deliberately fostered ignorance, that inflame a nation may, at any moment, cause it to be dropped. Only truth can combat falsehood, and the artist is a champion of truth".
"Without truth there can be no freedom. Art honors the spirit of man, his intellect and his feelings, and would have them free".

Chapter XI "Art And Education"
Page 154, Paragraph 2

H.Caudwell
The Creative Impulse
London
Macmillan & Co. Ltd
1951

  • Listening to: Throwing Muses
  • Reading: Angels & Demons
  • Watching: The News (muted)
  • Playing: With the Cat
  • Drinking: Coffee

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  • Current Residence: Cambridge, England
  • Interests: Painting - Photography - Music - Writing - Nature - Philosophy - etc ...
  • Favourite movie: Stardust - I Am Sam - Pans Labyrinth - The Man From Earth - The Fountain ...
  • Favourite band or musician: Tool - APC - Tori - Aimee Mann - Beethoven - Chopin ...
  • Favourite genre of music: Lyrically Satisfying - Acoustic Guitar
  • Favourite artist: Rothko, Newman, Hoyland, Pasmore, Kiefer, Tapies ...
  • Favourite poet or writer: Gaiman - Castaneda - Yeats ...
  • Favourite photographer: Diane Arbus
  • Favourite style of art: Ambiguous
  • Skin of choice: Lived In - Tattooed
  • Favourite game: Chess
  • Favourite cartoon character: Jane (Daria)
  • Personal Quote: If ones words are not better than silence then one should remain silent.

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thanks my deAR FRIEND!:hugL:

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Consciousness is being, Compassion is feeling, Creativity is action.OSHO
Most welcome, I hope you are well, Wilson. (:
yes my friend!but facing little problems which i can overcome! its great to hear from you my friend :hug:

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Consciousness is being, Compassion is feeling, Creativity is action.OSHO
Thank you for the fav! :)

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:liquisoft: ~ . Dragonda . ~ :liquisoft:
You're very welcome. (:

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