" TO LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY TO PENETRATE INTO A THING. TO UNDERSTAND GOD, ONE MUST LOVE HIM, TO UNDERSTAND A WOMAN, ONE MUST LOVE HER; UNDERSTANDING IS IN PROPORTION TO LOVE." (57)

Albert Aurier

When an artist loves his work it shows, but only to the receptive, lover-viewer. There are those who are as cold to passion as they are dispassionate; those who cannot experience grief because they are too young to know death; those who will not let themselves love because they are too full of hatred, anger, or fear. Is it any wonder that so little of art is either understood or understandable?

" Great works of art should look as though they were made in joy. Real joy is a tremendous activity, dull drudgery is nothing to it. The drudgery that kills is not half the work that joy is. " (58)

Robert Henri

" The pose coveted by our young intellectuals is no longer that of the stirred lover of the beautiful but the poker face of the critic, who sniffs and judges." (59) Rudolf Arnheim

" It takes wit, and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness. A man must become interesting to himself and must become actually expressive before he can be happy. " (60)

Robert Henri

59. Rudolf Arnheim, Toward A Psychology of Art, (Berkeley and L.A. Cal., University of California Press, 1966), p.13