Quotes: John Baldessari

"Instead of looking at things, look between things."

–– John Baldessari (1931-2020), American painter and conceptual artist 

Quotes: Sir John Lubbock

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." 

–– Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913), English banker, philanthropist, politician, scientist 

via: Commonplace Book 2013-2014, 2014, p. 69.

Quotes: Lee Krasner

"Even when I'm just looking, I am working."

–– Lee Krasner (1908-1984), American abstract expressionist painter 

via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2022, p. 68.

Quotes: unknown

"Where you look is where you'll go." 

–– unknown

Quotes: Tove Jansson

"A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he's never expected." 

–– Tove Jansson (1914-2001), Finnish writer, artist, painter

Source: Beata Heuman. Every Room Should Sing. New York: Rizzoli, 2021; p. 55. 

via: Sketchbook 33, 2023, p. 56. 

Quotes: Henry David Thoreau

"It's not what you look at that matters ... it's what you see."

–– Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American essayist, philosopher, and poet 

via:  Sketchbook 30, 2019, p. 110.

Quotes: Max Planck

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." 

–– Max Planck (1858-1947), German theoretical physicist 

via: Sketchbook 27, 2015, p. 138.