It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal. Clive Bell appealarteternal Change image and share on social
Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age. Clive Bell agegeniusinevitable Change image and share on social
The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy. Clive Bell aestheticartecstasy Change image and share on social
I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic. Clive Bell accountaestheticconceive Change image and share on social
Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind. Clive Bell aestheticallianceart share on social
Do not mistake a crowd of big wage-earners for the leisure class. Clive Bell bigclasscrowd Change image and share on social
All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art. Clive Bell agreeartemotion Change image and share on social
Comfort came in with the middle classes. Clive Bell classcomfortmiddle Change image and share on social
We all agree now - by 'we' I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves. Clive Bell agreeartbeautiful share on social
We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it. Clive Bell artfeltmean Change image and share on social
