photo credit: Constantin Philippoff
I prefer drawing to talking.
Drawing is faster,
and leaves less room for lies
I’m not sure that I agree with le Corbusier’s view expressed in the quote above, however it certainly intrigues me, recalling as it does Agnes Martin’s statement, that
Pride and deceit are one and the same.
All of our deceit is due to pride.
In the passage from which these two sentences are derived, Martin advocates artistic isolation rather than the temptation to lie due to constant chatter and a need to impress people. I wonder if this will to silence and to the visual is a modernist thing? Or a mid-twentieth century thing? Or merely a temperamental disposition?
Any thoughts?
