"I. The artist makes a work. II. The art-work is only incidentally a document. III. The art-work is a masterpiece. IV. On art-works, artists learn their craft. V. Art-works are remote from each other in their perfection. VI. In the art-work content and form are one: meaning. VII. Meaning is the outcome of experience. VIII. In the art-work subject matter is a ballast jettisoned during contemplation. IX. In the art-work the formal law is central. X. The art-work is synthetic: anenergy-centre. XI. The impact of an artwork increases with repeated viewing. XII. The virility of works lies in assault. XIII. The artist sets out to conquer meanings."
part of me thinks "this sounds like faux therapy talk"
II. The art-work is only incidentally a document.
III. The art-work is a masterpiece.
IV. On art-works, artists learn their craft.
V. Art-works are remote from each other in their perfection.
VI. In the art-work content and form are one: meaning.
VII. Meaning is the outcome of experience.
VIII. In the art-work subject matter is a ballast jettisoned during contemplation.
IX. In the art-work the formal law is central.
X. The art-work is synthetic: anenergy-centre.
XI. The impact of an artwork increases with repeated viewing.
XII. The virility of works lies in assault.
XIII. The artist sets out to conquer meanings."
Walter Benjamin