On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 6:02 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote:
> From the lack of breathing on this list one would think that aesthetics is > a > dead idea. But I think not. Aesthetics has just slipped from object to > artist. > It's not an idea anymore but someone. Don't you wish you were that > someone? > - Principles always become a matter of vehement discussion when practice is at ebb. Not by taking thought does one become an artist, or grow even an inch in that direction--which is not at all the same as saying that he who is an artist cannot profit by conscious effort. George Gissing http://books.google.com/books?id=b9ZwZrQqRJIC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Principles+ always+become+a+matter+of+vehement+discussion+when+practice+is+at+ebb.+Not+by +taking+thought+does+one+become+an+artist,&source=bl&ots=9trY7e6QdP&sig=ztFzx -ZpFlaeT7sMqwB5z3cU3UU&hl=en&ei=81mkTJjFPIqKtgOntZH-DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct =result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Principles%20always%20become%20a %20matter%20of%20vehement%20discussion%20when%20practice%20is%20at%20ebb.%20N ot%20by%20taking%20thought%20does%20one%20become%20an%20artist%2C&f=false
