Quotations From SUSANNE K LANGER

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  Art is the objectification of feeling.

  Susanne K. Langer (1895-1985), U.S. philosopher. Mind, An Essay on Human Feeling, vol. 1, pt. 2, ch. 4 (1967).
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  A signal is comprehended if it serves to make us notice the object or situation it bespeaks. A symbol is understood when we conceive the idea it presents.

  Susanne K. Langer (1895-1995), U.S. philosopher. Feeling and Form, ch. 3, Scribners (1953).