Clive Bell Quotes

A collection of quotes by Clive Bell.

Clive Bell (1881-1964) was an influential English art critic and philosopher associated with the Bloomsbury Group. He is best known for his book "Art," published in 1914, which introduced the concept of "significant form" to describe the emotional power of abstract art. Bell championed the works of modernist painters like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse and played a significant role in promoting and shaping British modern art in the early 20th century.

Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape fr

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.

Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truth

Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.

A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated

A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.

Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age.

Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age.