Quotes by Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New

Explore a curated collection of 16 quotes by Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

For the machine meant the conquest of horizontal space. It also meant a sense of that space which few people had experie — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
It seems obvious, looking back, that the artists of Weimar Germany and Leninist Russia lived in a much more attenuated l — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
It is hard to think of any work of art of which one can say 'this saved the life of one Jew, one Vietnamese, one Cambodi — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
Political stress is always apt to shrink the private arena and attach it on to the public — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
The basic project of art is always to make the world whole and comprehensible, to restore it to us in all its glory and — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
What has our culture lost in 1980 that the avant-garde had in 1890? Ebullience, idealism, confidence, the belief that th — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
What does one prefer? An art that struggles to change the social contract, but fails? Or one that seeks to please and am — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
In the Somme valley, the back of language broke. It could no longer carry its former meanings. World War I changed the l — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
Nevertheless, what was made in the hope of transforming the world need not be rejected because it failed to do so – othe — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
In one sense, (Duchamp's) “The Large Glass” is a glimpse into Hell; a peculiarly modernist Hell of repetition and loneli — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
that great condenser of moral chaos, The City. — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
Essentially, perspective is a form of abstraction. It simplifies the relationship between eye, brain and object. It is a — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
The World's Fair audience tended to think of the machine as unqualifiedly good, strong, stupid and obedient. They though — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
When the war (WWI) finally ended it was necessary for both sides to maintain, indeed even to inflate, the myth of sacrif — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
Indeed, the idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the paintings of Cezanne — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
Machines were the ideal metaphor for the central pornographic fantasy of the nineteenth century, rape followed by gratit — Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New