Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 He had a gift for understanding art and for imitating with accuracy and taste, and he thought he had just what an artist needed; after hesitating for a while between different kinds of art--religious, historical, genre or realistic--he set to work painting. He was at home win all styles and could be inspired by one of another equally, but he was quite incapable of imagining that it might be possible not to know anything at all about the various kinds of art, and be inspired directly by what was in your own soul without bothering about whether he painted belonged to some particular school. Since he didn't know this and did not draw his inspiration from life directly, but indirectly from the life that was already embodied in art, he found himself inspired very quickly and easily, and just as quickly and easily got to the point where he painted was very much like the kind of art he wanted to imitate. --Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 That holds true for any teacher disciple relationship. The teacher says imitate my beliefs, my realization. Be another me, a mini-me. Do you really want that? Nature doesn't replicate that well. That's why there is old age and death. Well, sometimes a replication error becomes a success and a better animal evolves, but that's the exception to the rule. Pete --- Hur Guler <hurg wrote: > He had a gift for understanding art and for > imitating with accuracy > and taste, and he thought he had just what an artist > needed; after > hesitating for a while between different kinds of > art--religious, > historical, genre or realistic--he set to work > painting. He was at > home win all styles and could be inspired by one of > another equally, > but he was quite incapable of imagining that it > might be possible not > to know anything at all about the various kinds of > art, and be > inspired directly by what was in your own soul > without bothering > about whether he painted belonged to some particular > school. Since > he didn't know this and did not draw his inspiration > from life > directly, but indirectly from the life that was > already embodied in > art, he found himself inspired very quickly and > easily, and just as > quickly and easily got to the point where he painted > was very much > like the kind of art he wanted to imitate. > > --Leo Tolstoy > Anna Karenina > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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