“To explain away the mystery of a great painting - if such a feat were possible - would do irreparable harm... If there is no mystery, then there is no poetry, the quality I value above all else in art.” IfsArtValuesQualityMysteryPaintingHarmFeatsIrreparableIrreparable Harm Author:Georges Braque
“My paintings are reflections of my own inner mysteries... they all reflect my relationship to my steadiest of companions and muses - nature and animals.” My OwnAnimalMysteryPaintingReflectionCompanionMuseNature And Animals Author:Katherine Dunn
“We are difficult. Human beings are difficult. We're difficult to ourselves, we're difficult to each other. And we are mysteries to ourselves, we are mysteries to each other. One encounters in any ordinary day far more real difficulty than one confronts in the most “intellectual” piece of work. Why is it believed that poetry, prose, painting, music should be less than we are? Why does music, why does poetry have to address us in simplified terms, when if such simplification were applied to a description of our own inner selves we would find it demeaning?” IfsShouldHumansDoeRealSelfDifficultTermHuman BeingsPiecesMysteryPaintingIntellectualOrdinaryDifficultyEncountersProseAddressesDescriptionInner SelfSimplificationDemeaningOrdinary Days Author:Geoffrey Hill
“My painting is visible images that conceal nothing... they evoke mystery. Mystery means nothing. It is unknowable.” MeanMysteryPaintingVisibleEvoke Author:Rene Magritte
“Look upon paintings with eyes of mystery rather than judgement. Support the need to enter into the sacred space beyond evaluation.” NeedsLooksEyeSpaceSupportMysteryPaintingSacredJudgementLook UpEvaluationSacred Space Book:Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Source: Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous