Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and diverse? - must every work of art have a simultaneous presence of oneness and manyness, unity and variety? Eli Siegel More Quotes by Eli Siegel More Quotes From Eli Siegel Concealment is equated, unknowingly to ourselves, with individuality; the more we conceal the more it seems we are asserting our very personality, resisting a somewhat repellent, unwelcome intrusion of other things into ourselves. Eli Siegel intrusion individuality personality True individuality is the repose arising from the relation of a self to all it has to do with. Bad individuality has in it a separation between outward action and a flat repose inwardly. Eli Siegel individuality self action Reality is all that which can affect one. Eli Siegel reality Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing. Eli Siegel soothing fairness art Originality in art puts charm where it wasn't. Eli Siegel originality fairness art Every work of art is about everything. Eli Siegel art-is fairness art