“It took some time before the public learned that to appreciate an Impressionist painting one has to step back a few yards, and enjoy the miracle of seeing these puzzling patches suddenly fall into one place and come to life before our eyes.” EyeFallEnjoyStepsSeeingPaintingAppreciateMiracleYardsPatchesPuzzlingImpressionismImpressionists Author:Ernst Gombrich
“Sometimes, at a certain point, the painting seems to have painted itself without my help - what I have called the 'eureka' moment when a sudden daring intervention has worked a miracle.” SometimesMomentsHelpingSeemsCertainPaintingMiracleDaringIntervention Author:Joseph Plaskett
“The art that I make and that I see others make confirms the miracle of being alive. Almost every day I live in a state of exaltation. The art of painting is to me sacred. It is central to all the other visual arts. This art is in a constant state of renewal.” ArtStatesAlivePaintingArt IsMiracleSacredConstantVisualsRenewalVisual ArtExaltation Author:Joseph Plaskett
“The paintings live because their creator has been passionately attentive to their theme, and his attention has left something for us to look at. It seems a sort of miracle.” LooksHas BeensSeemsLeftAttentionPaintingMiracleCreatorTheme Author:Lucian Freud