Lot Essay
« Mon intention n’est pas ici de donner de nouvelles lois du Beau, ni de déceler les conditions nouvelles de sa genèse. […] A peine peut-on espérer, dans ce monde, débarrasser quelques êtres de quelques préjugés. Mais il est tout de même grand temps de barrer de mille traits rouges tout ce que l’antiquité grecque a pu nous léguer sur les rapports de l’inspiration et de la poétique. »
“My intention here is not to decree new laws to govern Beauty or to discover the new conditions which engender it. ( … ) In this world, there is little hope of relieving certain beings of certain preconceived ideas. However, it is high time we drew a thick red line through everything which Greek antiquity bequeathed us concerning relations between the inspirational and the poetic”.
Georges Mathieu
“My intention here is not to decree new laws to govern Beauty or to discover the new conditions which engender it. ( … ) In this world, there is little hope of relieving certain beings of certain preconceived ideas. However, it is high time we drew a thick red line through everything which Greek antiquity bequeathed us concerning relations between the inspirational and the poetic”.
Georges Mathieu