Warning: Undefined array key "visitor_referer_type" in /var/www/vhosts/wordinf.com/core/app/libraries/Core.php on line 98
Herbert Read - It does not seem that the contradiction...
It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. (Herbert Read)

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.

Herbert Read

Related topics

art contradiction democratic function modern society structure

Related quotes

But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live. View quote
Frank Stella
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine. View quote
Pablo Picasso
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. View quote
Carl Sagan
The bourgeoisie is a synonym for modern society. The word designates the class that gradually destroyed, by its free activity, the old aristocratic society founded on a hierarchy of birth. View quote
Francois Furet
But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world. View quote
Peter L. Berger