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Alfred Brendel Art Quotes - (4 quotes)

Alfred Brendel - From the Art category:

A work of art is like a person: it has more than one soul in its breast. (Alfred Brendel)

Alfred Brendel - From the Contrasts category:

You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character – its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts. (Alfred Brendel)

Alfred Brendel - From the Desire category:

I have a great need to learn what the norm is by dealing with what is not the norm... with the grotesque and the fantastic. (Alfred Brendel)

Alfred Brendel - From the Order category:

Art gives a sense of order, life is basically chaotic, and there's a tension between them. A sense of order comes from chaos and contains a bit of it, but it's the sense of order that is important in a work of art... (Alfred Brendel)

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