4 Quotes & Sayings By Rudolf Arnheim

Rudolf Arnheim (November 20, 1905 – February 12, 1990) was a German-American art theorist, best known for his books Visual Thinking (1960), Art and Visual Perception (1967), Art and Visual Knowledge (1974), Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye (1985) and Art and Visual Intelligence (1987). Arnheim's work has been cited as an important influence on art educators, including John Dewey, who notes in his introduction to Visual Thinking that Arnheim "was one of the pioneers of Gestalt psychology." Adams, Michael. "Interview with Rudolf Arnheim." Ultramarine 27, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2003): 63–71. Arnheim, Rudolf. "A Review of Adler's Practice of Individual Psychology." Journal of Political Economy 22, no Read more

1 (January 1926): 23–31. Arnheim, Rudolf. "Art and the Problem of Purpose." Harvard Educational Review 4, no. 3 (July 1934): 277–290. Arnheim, Rudolf.

"Art and the Problem of Purpose." American Journal of Sociology 38, no. 1 (July 1933): 29-34. Arnheim, Rudolf. "Art as a Means to a Social End." The New Republic 107, no.

543 (October 19-25 1940): 30-32. Arnheim, Rudolf. Art as a Means to a Social End: Essays for John Dewey on Art as Experience . New York: Harper & Row Publishers Inc., 1973 [1940].

"Arnheim Wins Presidential Award." New York Times , February 19 1927: 7 .  [Letter from Frank Angellotti to Charles W. Eliot.] Bailey , Sallie K .

 "Psychology Today: A Psychoanalytic Viewpoint." The Psychoanalytic Review 8 , no. 2 (February 1913): 160 .  [Comments on Kropotkin's Mutual Aid.] Beach , Joseph H .

 "The Treatment of Psychoneuroses by Psychotherapy." In Psychotherapy , edited by Joseph H Beach . Boston : Little Brown & Co., 1917 . Beard , Mary R .  "Observations on Psychopharmacology from the Psychoanalytic Standpoint." Psychoanalytic Quarterly 10 , no.

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Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether or not a creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion arises that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit. Rudolf Arnheim
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Every great artist gives birth to a new universe, in which the familiar things look the way they have never before looked to anyone. Rudolf Arnheim
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What is so 'only' about 'yourself'? Is not the first thing one has to learn in this respect that to do something for yourself-- I mean, the right kind of thing--is just as valuable and ethical than to do it for somebody else? Wouldn't you say that the good feeling we get simply because we did 'it' (whatever) for somebody else is cheating, in that it postpones the question: what is it good for? Rudolf Arnheim