It is the very essence of art, ' she [Hallie Flanagan:] told a group gathered in Washington ., 'that it exceed bounds, often including those of tradition, decorum, and that mysterious thing called taste. It is the essence of art that it shatter accepted patterns, advance into unknown territory, challenge the existing order. Art is highly explosive. To be worth its salt it must have in that salt a fair sprinkling of gunpowder. Susan Quinn
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"It is the very essence of art,' she [Hallie Flanagan:] told a group gathered in Washington . . ., 'that it exceed bounds, often including those of tradition, decorum, and that mysterious thing called taste. It is the essence of art that it shatter accepted patterns, advance into unknown territory, challenge the existing order.

Art is highly explosive. To be worth its salt it must have in that salt a fair sprinkling of gunpowder. The job of an artist is to create something that will shock the public into thinking differently about things they thought they knew or were comfortable with."

Source: The Furious Improvisation: How The Wpa And A Cast Of Thousands Made High Art Out Of Desperate Times

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