“The first step in any encounter with art is to do nothing, to just watch, giving your eye a chance to absorb all that's there. We shouldn't think "This is good," or "This is bad," or "This is a Baroque picture which means X, Y, Z." Ideally, for the first minute we shouldn't think at all. Art needs time to perform its work on us.” ArtMuseumsArt HistoryArt Appreciation Book:All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Source: All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me