“Eccentric and secret genius that he was, Bosch not only moved the heart, but scandalized it into full awareness. The sinister and monstrous things that he brought forth are the hidden creatures of our inward self-love: he externalizes the ugliness within, and so his misshapen demons have an effect beyond curiosity. We feel a hateful kinship with them. The Ship of Fools is not about other people. It is about us.” ArtChristianityTheologyArt HistoryBoschHieronymus Bosch Book:The Story of Painting Source: The Story of Painting
“We know great art by its effect on us. If we are prepared to look without preconceptions, without defenses, without haste, then art will change us.” IfsKnowsLooksArtEffectsPreparedDefenseGreat ArtHastePreconceptions Author:Wendy Beckett
“The experiential test of whether this art is great or good, or minor or abysmal is the effect it has on your own sense of the world and of yourself. Great art changes you.” WorldArtEffectsGreatnessArt IsTestsMinorsGreat Art Author:Wendy Beckett
“A work of art is great to the extent that to encounter it is to be changed.” ArtChangedArt IsEncountersWorks Of Art Author:Wendy Beckett
“Again and again I've taken quick glances and then for some reason I've got to sit before a picture waiting and it's opened up like one of those Japanese flowers that you put into water and something I thought wasn't worth more than a casual, respectful glance begins to open up depth after depth of meaning.” ArtReasonWaitingWaterVisionTakenSeeingFlowerDepthAweAgain And AgainGlancesCasualRespectful Author:Wendy Beckett
“Looking at art is one way of listening to God.” WayArtListeningArt IsOne WayListening To God Author:Wendy Beckett
“A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom.” MeanArtCountryArtistPoorTheaterLibraryMuseums Author:Wendy Beckett
