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The more horrible this world (as today, for instance), the more abstract our art, whereas a happy world brings forth an art of the here and now.
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Diary entry (1915), # 951
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Variant: The more horrifying this world becomes (as it is these days) the more art becomes abstract; while a world at peace produces realistic art.
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Variant: The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract; while a world at peace produces realistic art. This was quoted in the speech "Between Two Ages: The Meaning Of Our Times" by Wm. Van Dusen Wishard

 

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