A famous phrase in Art and Illusion says that the whole differen… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 89

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A famous phrase in Art and Illusion says that the whole difference between Western art and Oriental art is the difference between matching and making. The Westerner, a visual man, thinks of art as a repetition. He thinks of language as a repetition. But we’re the only culture of which this has ever been true. All the other cultures think of art forms, including language, as making.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 89

Quote #3811

Year: 1967

Chapter: Matching and Making