Ben Shahn Quotes

  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know. Download This Image

    I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know.

    BEN SHAHN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder. Download This Image

    It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.

    BEN SHAHN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality. Download This Image

    It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality.

    BEN SHAHN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - The apprehension of… values is intuitive; but it is not a built-in intuition, not something with which one is born. Intuition in art is actually the result of… prolonged tuition. Download This Image

    The apprehension of… values is intuitive; but it is not a built-in intuition, not something with which one is born. Intuition in art is actually the result of… prolonged tuition.

    BEN SHAHN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - Form is the shape of content. Download This Image
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn’t have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn’t get as far as Hoboken at that time. Download This Image

    The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn’t have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn’t get as far as Hoboken at that time.

    BEN SHAHN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. Download This Image
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance. Download This Image

    The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.

    BEN SHAHN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - The values that reside in art are anarchic, they are every man’s loves and hates and his momentary divine revelation. Download This Image

    The values that reside in art are anarchic, they are every man’s loves and hates and his momentary divine revelation.

    BEN SHAHN
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Ben Shahn Quote - I’ve been asked often what is the difference between an amateur and a professional artist, and I will tell you. Download This Image

    I’ve been asked often what is the difference between an amateur and a professional artist, and I will tell you.

    BEN SHAHN
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