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.
One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it. - Ernst Gombrich
One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it.
- Ernst Gombrich
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 t… - Ernst Gombrich
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 t…
Art does not copy nature - it suggests it. - Ernst Gombrich
Art does not copy nature - it suggests it.
If you ask me what the world looks like to me, it looks like a painting by Pissarro. - Ernst Gombrich
If you ask me what the world looks like to me, it looks like a painting by Pissarro.
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 befor… - Ernst Gombrich
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 befor…
Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. - Ernst Gombrich
Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.
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 pa… - Ernst Gombrich
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 pa…
All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to n… - Ernst Gombrich
All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to n…
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 pillo… - Ernst Gombrich
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 pillo…
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