"Abstract art always `represents' ideas, feelings, intimations,
that lie beyond itself - or it is mere empty decoration." (155)
Thomas Albright
"`One thing at a time.' Language grows by introducing new words,
but a language consisting only of new words and a new syntax would
be indistinguishable from gibberish." (156)
E. H. Gombrich
Arnheim poses an interesting thought when he says that allowing the
viewer's imagination free reign in art, is dangerous because it
distracts "our attention from the appreciation of works of `art'
rather than enhancing our understanding." (157)
155. Thomas Albright, On Art and Artists, (U.S.A., The Chronicle
Publishing Co.,1989), p. 137
156. E.H. Gombrich, Art and Illusion, (Princeton, N.J., U.S.A.,
Princeton University Press, 1972), p.324
157. Rudolf Arnheim, Toward a Psychology of Art, (Berkeley and L.A.,
Cal., University of California Press, 1966), p.p. 276,
