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I Know That I Know Nothing

Steve White

2025 • Netherlands • Acrylic on Canvas

24 x 24 in

$640

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Steve White

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Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
Other details : Artwork on wood. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 23.6x23.6in

About this artwork

In Plato's 'Apology,' a buddy of Socrates called Chaerephon took a day trip to Delphi for a chinwag with the Oracle. What Chaerephon was told for his 10 drachmas entrance fee to the mystic tent was this: 'Your mate Socrates is the wisest person in Athens.' This information gave Socrates a good chuckle. Not wanting to contradict the God Apollo, who had a direct Inter-thunderbolt connection to Delphi, he polled fellow Athenians about what they… actually knew. And it turns out the Greeks in the street (GITS) knew....precisely nothing! With the irony being that THEY THOUGHT THEY DID! Now it could be that, even back then in the 300s BC, Socrates knew that there was so much to know, even his know knowledge was limited, thus his quote 'I know that I know nothing.' And great content for future T-shirts/mousepads/mugs/tea towels/underpants/online quote libraries etc etc!

Steve White

Netherlands

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Experienced Artist
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

« MODERN ART = I COULD DO THAT + YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T. -Craig Damrauer »

Steve White, a painter based in the Netherlands, has extensively exhibited his works nationally, as well as in the United Kingdom. While he appreciates that art can stir emotions and have great meaning for people, he has a more practical approach to creation. For example, one of the tests he does for his own works is simple - he asks himself, "Would this look good over someone's sofa?". White's abstract realist compositions also combine elements of minimalism.

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