“Art does not reproduce the visible rather it makes visible.”
Paul Klee
“Art is the imitation of nature in her manner of operation.”
John Cage
“The call of the Curlew is my call,
the tremble of the harebell is my tremble in life.
The blue mist of the lonely hills is my mystery,
the silver gleam when the sun comes out is my pathway.”
Winifred Nicholson
“The miracle of Morandi is that he is able to discover
the poetry hidden in the most forlorn objects
and in the most modest aspect of landscape.”
Mino Macarri
“My intention in drawing and painting is not to imitate anything,
but to originate something.”
John Piper
“My room is small yet I am boundless.”
Kathleen Raine
“The virtue of equilibirum is that it is easily upset...”
Herbert Read
“See the ordinary in an extraordinary way.”
Giorgio De Chirico
“You search for colours until you find one that sings.”
John Minton
“Formal logic and intuition imbue a work with authenticity.”
Alan Reynolds