Chapter 5

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"I'm sure marble puts up a good fight too. It's dead, and it resents being hammered into life" -Henrik Ibsen (The Art of Being Human tenth edition, Richard Paul Janaro, Thelma C. Altshuler, Henrik Ibsen, Page 119, right margin quote two) 

1498–1499, The Pietà, Rome, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Marble is beautiful but difficult to carve in marble. Both the sculptor and the stone resents being hammered. The sculptor has to physically hammer away at the marble, forcefully but carefully. The marble just exists as a stone and doesn't have any actual human emotions. Marble simply is what it is so it doesn't soften or change for the sculptor. I suppose this is the literal way of saying it 'resents being hammered into life' because it literally just wants to exist how it is.

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"Man is the measure of all things" -Protagoras (The Art of Being Human tenth edition, Richard Paul Janaro, Thelma C. Altshuler, Protagoras, Page 110, left margin quote two) 

14c, Liber ethicorum des Henricus de Alemannia, single sheet. Scena: Henricus de Alemannia con i suoi studenti, Italy, Laurentius de Voltonlina

When I hear this quote I am reminded of a mother telling their child that they are measuring their patience. Mankind pushes the world to its limit finding its boundaries and still toying with it. It is an issue of how destructive and murderous humans can be. We are the villains in the story of the natural world. Humans also explore and measure nature for good. We discover new things all the time and prove what is possible with what we have.

This can also be interpreted as literally mankind measuring things. Many always seem to feel the need to describe everything. We have a measurement for nearly everything from mathematics to even the Schmidt pain index we try to define our world. Things that people aren't able to describe are often chalked up to gods work.

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"I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for new artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting" -Paul Schroeder (The Art of Being Human tenth edition, Richard Paul Janaro, Thelma C. Altshuler, Paul Schroeder, Page 148, left margin quote one)

14-15c, De mulieribus claris/ peintresse Thamar. Woman painter, Author unknown

I personally agree with this quote. It is a dangerous thing to join something just because you are comfortable with it. I don't believe things should be handed to people it removes all sense of originality and effort on that person's part. To make a name for yourself you should go against the social norm and decide who you want to be rather than attempt to fit the mold. Art isn't about simply existing it is about everything and nothing at the same time.

No one can pave the road for art only set examples of what can be. Individualism is important in art, No one wants to see the same painting a thousand times over. People like to think and be in awe of art and it's up to the artist to make art like that. Pushing down social barriers for artistic statements can help you make a name for yourself.

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