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Rudolf Arnheim
German Artist
Born: Jul 15, 1904
Died: Jun 9, 2007
Art Considered Country Man Own Time
Related authors: Albert Oehlen Albrecht Durer Anselm Kiefer Hans Hofmann Josef Albers Kathe Kollwitz Maria Sibylla Merian Martin Kippenberger
A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights pulling at the arms of a pair of scales. Rudolf Arnheim
Other Way Scales System Weights Like Arms Forces Arranged Equilibrium Such A Way Each Pair Compensate Two Pulling
Good art theory must smell of the studio, although its language should differ from the household talk of painters and sculptors. Rudolf Arnheim
Art Good Language Smell Must Studio Talk Household Although Differ Should Good Art Theory Painters
Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand. Rudolf Arnheim
Mind Understand Condition Human Order Anything Human Mind Necessary
The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received. Rudolf Arnheim
Country Other Added Considered Indeed Spice Promise Give Area Had Over Accent Sciences Foreign Imports Inferior Arts European Received
The clarification of visual forms and their organization in integrated patterns as well as the attribution of such forms to suitable objects is one of the most effective training grounds of the young mind. Rudolf Arnheim
Training Organization Mind Young Suitable Clarification Visual Objects Most Well Integrated Effective Patterns Forms Grounds
In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival. Rudolf Arnheim
Alien Latest Immigrants Simply Arrival Land
In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses. Rudolf Arnheim
First First Of All Order Senses Many
Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are governed by the same tendency. Rudolf Arnheim
Nature Man Science Organic State Inorganic Both Tendency Towards Governed Hand Modem Same Order Then Actions
Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement. Rudolf Arnheim
Other Distribution Kinds Given Entropy Overall Concerned Arrangement Hand Items Probability Succession Theory Series
Now equilibrium is the very opposite of disorder. Rudolf Arnheim
Equilibrium Opposite Very Disorder Now
The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple. Rudolf Arnheim
Art Culture Simple Reflection Style Highest Demand Spontaneously Always Been Existence Up Mature Any Human Arts Human Existence Lived Ever
The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points. Rudolf Arnheim
Beautiful Change Simplicity Every Changes Constant Direction Points Line Cannot Compass

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