“I'm working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.” MadeStillsHardPaintingDeterminationAbsenceSellingContractsDealerSalonsYour Absence Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or music or poetry, but the kind of art that creates a whole world in itself and in that world we see ourselves reflected and see our religious life perfected.” WorldKindArtWholeReligiousPaintingAbsenceWhole WorldRedemptionOrganizedVehicleOrganized ReligionReligious Life Author:Roger Scruton
“Every painted image of something is also about the absence of the real thing. All painting is about the presence of absence.” RealPaintingAbsenceReal Things Author:John Berger
“The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul.” IfsWorldWantHumansSoulSpiritualityLiteratureMusicClearPaintingGardenArchitectureAbsenceParadiseThriveGardeningGreat Garden Author:Thomas Moore
“There are absences, but there are also presences. It's about how painting can evolve its own abstractions. I didn't know the painting was going to be about that, but it has to have that journey; I have to learn something, I have to end up somewhere I didn't expect to be, otherwise, I don't think it's painting.” ThinkingKnowsEndsJourneyPaintingAbsenceEvolveAbstraction Author:Nigel Cooke