Art does not copy nature - it suggests 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

One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it.

- Ernst Gombrich

If you ask me what the world looks like to me, it looks like a painting by Pissarro.

- 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…

- 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…

- 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…

- Ernst Gombrich

Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.

- Ernst Gombrich

What an artist worries about as he plans his pictures, makes his sketches, or wonders whether he has completed his canvas, is something much more dif…

- Ernst Gombrich