Stéphane Mallarmé Quote About Art & Painting

Painting not the thing, but its effect. - Art quote by Stéphane Mallarmé

I welcome you to the first of hopefully more explorations into art quotes and art-related quotes. I haven’t decided if this will be a regular thing or not, but we will feature a quote about art and who said it. Then, we’ll briefly explore thoughts about the art quote. I encourage you to leave a comment and offer up any additional insight or thoughts about the quote as it’s always good to have different perspectives .

These art quotes may not always be directly linked to art therapy, but they’ll always be about art in some way. So, back to the quote by Stéphane Mallarmé…”Painting not the thing, but its effect.”

I think what Stéphane Mallarmé was trying to get across here is that art is meant to have an effect on its audience. Sure, you can paint a beautiful mountain scene, but are you just painting a beautiful mountain scene, or are you painting the effect the beautiful mountain scene has on you?

Read more about Stéphane Mallarmé here and here.

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