"...A primary task is imposed on one who would comprehend art. This task is to restore continuity between the refined forms of art and the everyday events and sufferings that are recognized as experience. Mountain peaks do not float unsupported, they do not even just rest upon the earth. They are the earth..."
"In order to understand art in its ultimate and approved forms–art upon the wall so to speak–we must begin with it in the raw; in the events that hold the attentive eye and ear of humankind, arousing interest and affording enjoyment as one looks and listens: the fire engine rushing by, the machines excavating enormous holes, the human-fly climbing..."
"The sources of art in human experience will be learned by those who see how the tense grace of the ball-player infects the onlooking crowd; who notes the delight of the gardener in tending plants and the zest of the camper in poking the campfire entranced by darting flames and crumbling coals..."
