The difference between the artist and the non-artist
is not a greater capacity for feeling. The secret is that the artist
can objectify, can make apparent the feelings we all have.
~ Martha Graham*
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* Quoted in Howard Gardner, Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity as Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi (Basic Books, 1993; reprint, 2011)
Martha Graham (1894-1991), Dancer, Choreographer, Profiles at American Masters, John F. Knnnedy Center for the Performing Arts, The New York Times
Martha Graham (1894-1991), Dancer, Choreographer, Profiles at American Masters, John F. Knnnedy Center for the Performing Arts, The New York Times
A Dancer's Journal: Martha Graham, Interactive Site at ArtsEdge for 10-18-Year-Olds
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4 comments:
so true.
Hope you have a beautiful, restful Sunday making apparent all that you feel.
I think that people all feel a lot. Perhaps too much for their own good. But, one must feel a feeling before they know the feeling. But, one must realize that they are not the only ones to have these feelings. Though, most people share similar feelings, there are a few exceptions. Also, there is no such thing as a non-artist.
i must complain...comment moderation is a pain in the patootie.
I see my artist son in this quote.
I agree with this and so happy you found and shared it. But I think it's more than make feelings apparent, I think the artist pulls it from the nebulous to the more concrete so it can be shared. We give name to that which was (more or less) unnamable.
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