Approaching art from statements or with questions:
‘Life is very nice but it lacks form. It’s the aim of art to give it some.’ (Jean Anouilh)
‘Far from being engaged in opposing or incompatible activities, scientists and artists are both trying to extend our understanding of experience by the use of creative imagination
subjected to critical control, and so both are using irrational as well as rational faculties. Both are explaining the unknown and trying to articulate the search and its findings. Both are seekers after truth who make indispensable use of intuition.’ (Karl Popper)
- What knowledge of art can be gained by focusing attention on the artist?
- Can artists’ intentions, and the creative process itself, be understood through observing artists or knowing something of their lives?
- Is the creative process as important as the final product, even though it cannot be observed directly?
- Are an artist’s intentions relevant to assessing the work?
- Can a work of art contain or convey meaning of which the artist is oblivious?
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