Quotes by Petru Comarnescu
All Quotes (5)
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If by Moral we understand the guidance of the will by reason, and, on the other hand, an understanding of life, we cannot remove the conclusion that the Beautiful is a part of the Good, its dynamic and constructive part. Reason alone can do nothing…
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Morality is not necessary Struggle, it can mean understanding, harmony, enlightenment, self-building...
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Art and morality address different goals and use different means, one the ethical sense, the other the sense of the Beautiful - but their paths are not parallel, but intersect and largely coincide...
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If the artist or contemplator is not conscious not only that he is obeying aesthetic taste and the imperative to create externally or internally, but that in doing so he is also performing an ethical act, his manifestation will be minor and more perishable than otherwise...
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Also, the moral man who does not have the consciousness of the beauty of his experience or who does not satisfy, together with his rational sense of duty, and his sensibility or imagination, appears to us far from the desired perfection...
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