Bendetto Croce
Friday, November 19, 2010
Reading a book on philosophers and came across this European Philosopher named Bendetto Croce. Here he discusses art and aesthetics. Well, the following quote is not a direct quote from Croce but a rewriting of his idea by author of book "The Story of Philosophy" by Will Durant.
The essence of the aesthetic activity lies in this motionless effort of the artist to conceive the perfect image that shall express the subject he has in mind; it lies in a form of intuition and that involves no mystic insight, but perfect sight, complete perception, and adequate imagination. The miracle of art lies not the externalization but in the conception of the idea; externalization is a matter of mechanical technique and manual skill.
We like to think that the difference between ourselves and Shakespeare is largely a difference in the technique of external expression; that we have thoughts that lie too deep for words. But this is a fond illusion: the difference lies not in the power of externalizing the image but in the power of inwardly forming an image that expresses the object.
-Bendetto Croce
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