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Ideas of Roger Fry, by Text
[British, 1866 - 1934, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge University.]
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1909
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An Essay in Aesthetics
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p.23
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p.23
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20423
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If graphic arts only aim at imitation, their works are only trivial ingenious toys
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p.24
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p.24
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20424
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Imaginative life requires no action, so new kinds of perception and values emerge in art
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p.25
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p.25
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In the cinema the emotions are weaker, but much clearer than in ordinary life
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p.26
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p.26
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20426
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For pure moralists art must promote right action, and not just be harmless
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p.29
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p.29
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20427
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Everyone reveals an aesthetic attitude, looking at something which only exists to be seen
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p.29
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p.29
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20428
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Popular opinion favours realism, yet most people never look closely at anything!
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p.30
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p.30
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20429
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Most of us are too close to our own motives to understand them
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p.31
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p.31
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20430
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In life we neglect 'cosmic emotion', but it matters, and art brings it to the fore
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p.32
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p.32
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20431
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Art needs a mixture of order and variety in its sensations
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p.33
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p.33
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'Beauty' can either mean sensuous charm, or the aesthetic approval of art (which may be ugly)
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p.33
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p.33
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20432
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When viewing art, rather than flowers, we are aware of purpose, and sympathy with its creator
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