"I. The artist makes a work. II. The art-work is only incidentally a document. III. The art-work is a masterpiece. IV. On art-works, artists learn their craft. V. Art-works are remote from each other in their perfection. VI. In the art-work content and form are one: meaning. VII. Meaning is the outcome of experience. VIII. In the art-work subject matter is a ballast jettisoned during contemplation. IX. In the art-work the formal law is central. X. The art-work is synthetic: anenergy-centre. XI. The impact of an artwork increases with repeated viewing. XII. The virility of works lies in assault. XIII. The artist sets out to conquer meanings."
II. The art-work is only incidentally a document.
III. The art-work is a masterpiece.
IV. On art-works, artists learn their craft.
V. Art-works are remote from each other in their perfection.
VI. In the art-work content and form are one: meaning.
VII. Meaning is the outcome of experience.
VIII. In the art-work subject matter is a ballast jettisoned during contemplation.
IX. In the art-work the formal law is central.
X. The art-work is synthetic: anenergy-centre.
XI. The impact of an artwork increases with repeated viewing.
XII. The virility of works lies in assault.
XIII. The artist sets out to conquer meanings."
Walter Benjamin