Wendell Berry Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from the union of government and art, from the union of science and money, from the union of ambition and ignorance, from the union of genius and war, from the union of outer space and inner vacuity, the Mad Farmer walks quietly away.

  Wendell Berry

  Art, War, Ambition

  Wendell Berry (2009). “The Mad Farmer Poems”, p.17, Counterpoint Press

• The name of our proper connection to the earth is 'good work,' for good work involves much giving of honor. It honors the source of its materials; it honors the place where it is done; it honors the art by which it is done; it honors the thing that it makes and the user of the made thing.

  Wendell Berry

  Art, Work, Names

  Wendell Berry (1993). “Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays”, Pantheon

• An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars.

  Wendell Berry

  Art, Scar, Geography

  Wendell Berry (2010). “What Are People For?: Essays”, p.7, Counterpoint Press

• The most available example of how poetry works for a poet is yourself, and yet you'll probably be the last one to know exactly how you're serving the art and how the art is serving you.

  Wendell Berry

  Art, Example, Lasts

  "Singing to Keep the Mind Awake: Interview with Wendell Berry". Interview with Birkin Gilmore, poems.com. 2007.

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