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Tuesday, 21 January 2025

"There's no mystery in art. Do the things you can see, they will show you what you cannot see."

–– Isak Dinesen, pen name of Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (1885-1962), Danish writer

via: Sketchbook N 14, 2025, p. 46.

"We understand the world because of the way we were taught to see."

–– Philip Glass (b. 1937), American composer and musician

via: Commonplace Book 2024, p. 29.

"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.

"Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand."

–– Bob Proctor (1934-2022), Canadian self-help author and lecturer

"When your eyes are open you see beauty in anything."

–– Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Canadian-born American abstract painter

Source: Judy's Journal Blog July 24, 2018.

via: Anvil Sketchbook, 2018, p. 72.

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

–– Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French artist

via: Sketchbook 22, 2022, p. 39.

"I write what I see, I paint what I am."

–– Etel Adnan (1925-2021), Lebanese-American poet, essayist, visual artist

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 37.

"To do things differently, we must see things differently."

–– John Thackara (b. 1951), British writer, adviser, public speaker, & curator of Doors of Perception conference (re: design)

Source: Elle Decoration UK, March 2016, p. 19.

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 91.