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Ben Shahn quotes: It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material.

It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material.

Ben Shahn quotes: The artist is likely to be looked upon with some uneasiness by the more conservative members of society.

The artist is likely to be looked upon with some uneasiness by the more conservative members of society.

Ben Shahn quotes: Form is the shape of content ...

Form is the shape of content ...

Ben Shahn quotes: Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

Ben Shahn quotes: Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would have died.

Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would have died.

Ben Shahn quotes: How do you paint yellow wheat against a yellow sky? You paint it jet black.

How do you paint yellow wheat against a yellow sky? You paint it jet black.

Ben Shahn quotes: I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

Ben Shahn quotes: Who knows when a trenchant line becomes a human face?

Who knows when a trenchant line becomes a human face?

Ben Shahn quotes: In the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is a picture.

In the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is a picture.

Ben Shahn quotes: Paint what you are, paint what you believe, paint what you feel.

Paint what you are, paint what you believe, paint what you feel.

Ben Shahn quotes: The values that reside in art are anarchic, they are every man's loves and hates and his momentary divine revelation.

The values that reside in art are anarchic, they are every man's loves and hates and his momentary divine revelation.

Ben Shahn quotes: Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see.

Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see.

Ben Shahn quotes: Only an individual can imagine, invent, or create. The whole audience of art is an audience of individuals.

Only an individual can imagine, invent, or create. The whole audience of art is an audience of individuals.

Ben Shahn quotes: Forms in art arise from the impact of idea upon material ... so that thinking and belief and attitudes may endure as actual things.

Forms in art arise from the impact of idea upon material ... so that thinking and belief and attitudes may endure as actual things.

Ben Shahn quotes: It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality.

It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality.

Ben Shahn quotes: All art is based on non-conformity.

All art is based on non-conformity.

Ben Shahn quotes: I love chaos ... It's the poetic element in a dull and ordered world.

I love chaos ... It's the poetic element in a dull and ordered world.

Ben Shahn quotes: The popular eye is not untrained; it is only wrongly trained - trained by inferior and insincere visual representations.

The popular eye is not untrained; it is only wrongly trained - trained by inferior and insincere visual representations.

Ben Shahn quotes: It used to be twelve people crowded around a sewing table; now it's ten.

It used to be twelve people crowded around a sewing table; now it's ten.

Ben Shahn quotes: It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.

It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.

Ben Shahn quotes: I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know.

I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know.

Ben Shahn quotes: I didn't care where my works were published.

I didn't care where my works were published.

Ben Shahn quotes: Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists.

Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists.

Ben Shahn quotes: Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

Ben Shahn quotes: The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.

The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.

Ben Shahn quotes: I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore.

I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore.