Rudolf Arnheim

“The mind always functions as a whole. Whatever is done by any of its faculties, is done by the whole mind.”

“Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is a means of rendering understandable the environment and the self.”

“All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.”

“Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand.”

“What we call the elements of art are not just abstract components; they are forces, vectors that push and pull.”

“The work of art is a statement of certain important things, and the artist is a person who is qualified to make such statements.”

“Art is the most concrete thing in the world, but also the most elusive.”

“Good art wounds. It is a spear, not a pillow.”