Clive Bell Professions : Art critic Born : September 16, 1881 Died : September 18, 1964 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Clive Bell Detail is the heart of realism, and the fatty degeneration of art. Clive Bell details reality art All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art. Clive Bell peculiar people art Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age. Clive Bell genius worship age We all agree now - by 'we' I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves. Clive Bell beautiful mean art Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind. Clive Bell religious mean art 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