I just thought I would mention that the last sentence of the following should read:
...This reduction TO essentials is the main art of life. On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:23 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > *"For what Ruskin said of the difference* between a great painter, like > Tintoretto, and a low painter, like Teniers, holds for every manifestation > of life: the inferior painter, not recognizing the difference between high > and low, *between what is intensely moving and what is emotionally inert, > gives every part of his painting the same refinement of finish, the same > care of detail. The great painter, on the other hand, knows that life is > too short to treat every part of it with equal care: so he concentrates on > the passages of maximum significane and treats hastily, even > contemptuously, the minor passages: his shortcuts and simplifications are > an effort to give a better account of what matters. This reduction of > essentials is the main art of life."* > > "Conduct of Life" (1951,Mumford) > > > http://books.google.com/books?id=YQmxAAAAIAAJ&q=%22essentials+is+the+main+art+of+life%22&dq=%22essentials+is+the+main+art+of+life%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nXbdT4_ZH6fN6QGkiaWrCw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA
