Carter Ratcliff Professions : Art critic Born : August 20, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Carter Ratcliff What is art?... From a strictly logical point of view, a question with no clear answer comes under the suspicion of being meaningless. But a strictly logical point of view never shows us much about art. Carter Ratcliff views answers art Talent counts for much, but effort counts for more. Carter Ratcliff effort talent I believe that the artist's feelings are in some way generative. And I suspect that much of the artist's most productive emotion - not all of it but much of it - is felt in the course of playing around with form. Carter Ratcliff artist play believe Imagine a revised edition of Shakespeare... a big, thick book with an elegant cover... You open it and find that there are no pages, just an empty box of space. On the back wall of the box is a small mirror. You look into it, see yourself, and now you know all you need to know about Shakespeare. Carter Ratcliff wall mirrors book Similar Authors Brian Sewell art-critic Arthur Danto art-critic Bernard Berenson art-critic Irving Sandler art-critic Donald Kuspit art-critic Deborah Solomon art-critic All Authors
