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Ernst Gombrich Quotes

Art does not copy nature - it suggests it Picture Quote #1

During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned Old Masters were also pilloried as having manufactured insipid and sugary paintings that were offensive to good taste Picture Quote #1

There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists Picture Quote #1

One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it Picture Quote #1

Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there Picture Quote #1

One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one stands before them. They seem to be as inexhaustible and unpredictable as real human beings Picture Quote #1

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All artistic discoveries are discoveries not of likenesses but of equivalencies which enable us to see reality in terms of an image and an image in terms of reality Picture Quote #1

The photographic enthusiast likes to lure us into a darkened room in order to display his slides on a silver screen. Aided by the adaptability of the eye and by the borrowed light from the intense projector bulb, he can achieve those relationships in brightness that will make us dutifully admire the wonderful autumn tints he photographed on his latest trip. As soon as we look at a print of these photographs by day, the light seems to go out of them. It is one of the miracles of art that the same does not happen there Picture Quote #1

The paintings in our galleries are seen one day in bright sunshine and another day in the dim light of a rainy afternoon, yet they remain the same paintings, ever faithful, ever convincing. To a marvelous extent they carry their own light within. For their truth is not that of a perfect replica, it is the truth of art Picture Quote #1

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Art does not copy nature - it suggests it (Ernst Gombrich Quotes) During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned Old Masters were also pilloried as having manufactured insipid and sugary paintings that were offensive to good taste. (Ernst Gombrich Quotes) There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists (Ernst Gombrich Quotes) One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it (Ernst Gombrich Quotes) Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there (Ernst Gombrich Quotes) One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one stands before them. They seem to be as inexhaustible and unpredictable as real human beings (Ernst Gombrich Quotes) All artistic discoveries are discoveries not of likenesses but of equivalencies which enable us to see reality in terms of an image and an image in terms of reality (Ernst Gombrich Quotes) The photographic enthusiast likes to lure us into a darkened room in order to display his slides on a silver screen. Aided by the adaptability of the eye and by the borrowed light from the intense projector bulb, he can achieve those relationships in brightness that will make us dutifully admire the wonderful autumn tints he photographed on his latest trip. As soon as we look at a print of these photographs by day, the light seems to go out of them. It is one of the miracles of art that the same does not happen there (Ernst Gombrich Quotes) The paintings in our galleries are seen one day in bright sunshine and another day in the dim light of a rainy afternoon, yet they remain the same paintings, ever faithful, ever convincing. To a marvelous extent they carry their own light within. For their truth is not that of a perfect replica, it is the truth of art (Ernst Gombrich Quotes)