Richard Wollheim Quotes
Richard Arthur Wollheim was a British philosopher of art, mind, and emotion and a long-serving Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London. After service in the Second World War and education at Oxford, he developed a distinctive interdisciplinary approach in which philosophical analysis is combined with the careful study of psychoanalysis and the visual arts. The quotes below are attributed to Richard Wollheim, organized by topic.
Richard Wollheim on Life
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Attributed to Richard Wollheim:
“Art is one of the things human beings do with their lives.”
Richard Wollheim on Mind
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Attributed to Richard Wollheim:
“Painting is a form of thought made visible.”
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Attributed to Richard Wollheim:
“Seeing-in is the fundamental capacity of pictorial experience.”
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Attributed to Richard Wollheim:
“The self is held together by the long narrative of a single life.”
Richard Wollheim on Truth
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Attributed to Richard Wollheim:
“Style is the cumulative imprint of the artist's personality.”