It was inevitable that artists should turn around and question the validity of the fundamental assumption that art aimed at representation; and the m… - Roger Fry

Art is an expression and stimulus to the imaginative life rather than a copy of actual life. Art appreciates emotion in and for itself. The artist, is the most constantly observant of his surroundings and the least affected by their intrinsic aesthetic value. As he contemplates a particular field of vision the aesthetically chaotic and accidental conjunction of forms and colours begin to crystallize into a harmony.

As I understand it, art is one of the chief organs of what, for want of a better word, I must call the spiritual life.

Only those who have experienced the elation and despair which comes from the attempt to express their feelings about vision in oil paint will know that it is impossible to speak with complete impartiality about art.