DOI issue:
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DOI article:Marriott, Charles: Form and substance
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.29342#0067
FORM AND SUBSTANCE
BY
CHARLES MARRIOTT
T a time of general disorder one turns for inspiration
to the tools and materials of the craf t; and it was a word,
the name of this Quarterly, that set me writing.
“Form” isa bold word toappear on any page. Itstands
for the extreme of everythingthat we call revolution-
ary, because it claims to establish the realities obscured
by custom. Whether in life or art Form is dis-
covered and established only by following the line
of least resistance. Herein it differs from forms, which result from
obstructing life with opinions. And since the line of least resistance is
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BY
CHARLES MARRIOTT
T a time of general disorder one turns for inspiration
to the tools and materials of the craf t; and it was a word,
the name of this Quarterly, that set me writing.
“Form” isa bold word toappear on any page. Itstands
for the extreme of everythingthat we call revolution-
ary, because it claims to establish the realities obscured
by custom. Whether in life or art Form is dis-
covered and established only by following the line
of least resistance. Herein it differs from forms, which result from
obstructing life with opinions. And since the line of least resistance is
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