Our universe cannot even be stated symbolically. And this touches us all more directly than one might suppose. For example, artists, who have been very little influenced by social systems, have always responded instinctively to latent assumptions about the shape of the universe. The incomprehensibility of our new cosmos seems to me, ultimately, to be the reason for the chaos of modern art.
Kenneth ClarkThe Cathedrals were built to the glory of God; New York was built to the glory of Mammon.
Kenneth ClarkThe nude does not simply represent the body, but relates it, by analogy, to all structures that have become part of our imaginative experience.
Kenneth ClarkA lot of people you think you know you don't know until you find out you don't know then it may be too late to know.
Kenneth ClarkFine colour implies a unified relationship, in which each part is subordinate to the whole, and the transitions between them are felt to be as precious and beautiful as the colours themselves. In fact, the colours themselves must be continuously modified and broken as part of the transition.
Kenneth Clark