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“So long as painting deals with objective nature, it is an impure art, for recognizability precludes the highest aesthetic emotion. All painting, ancient or modern, moves us aesthetically only in so far as it possesses a force over and beyond its aspect.”

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Author:Lawren Harris

“In truth, the best long-term explanations about our ancient counterparts can be found in the paintings, sculpture, crafts, tools of utility, language and architecture left behind. These are the building blocks of civilization we call culture. These are what we call 'the arts.”

“I kept.. ..returning to the (ancient Roman) wall paintings with their veiled melancholy and elegant plasticity.”

Painting Wall Ancient Melancholy Elegant Plasticity

Author:William Baziotes

“We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation with deepest antiquity. We have Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley that is as ancient as the great Palaeolithic cave paintings at Altamira and Lascaux in Europe.”

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Author:Kevin Rudd

“When you set aside the mantle of control in the painting process, images arise from ancient layers of the psyche.”

Process Painting Ancient Arise Layers

Book:Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous

Source: Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous

“I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.”

Thinking Form Painting Expression Ancient

Author:Black Francis