Quotes: Bruno Munari

"To keep the spirit of childhood within oneself for the whole of one's life means retaining

the curiosity of knowing

the pleasure of understanding

the desire to communicate."

–– Bruno Munari (1907-1998), Italian artist and designer 

via: Sketchbook M 13, 2024, 2025, p. 14.

Quotes: Carl Jung

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 84.

Quotes: Kyo Maclear

"To what do we commit ourselves and for how long? Monet painted the Nymphéas two hundred and forty-seven times. "It took me some time to understand my waterlilies," he wrote. The older I get the more I understand this impulse toward reduction and repetition; the more I understand there is infinitude in a spartan focus, in Agnes Martin's geometries, in Giorgio Morandi's vases. Focalizing can be regenerative even for those of us who believe the sprawling clamour of the world demands our promiscuous attention.

–– Kyo Maclear (b. 1970), British-born, Canadian writer and artist 

Source: Kyo Maclear. Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023; pp. 193. 

via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2023, p.108. 

Quotes: Matt Haig

"Reading isn't important because it helps you get a job. It's important because it gives you room to exist beyond the reality you're given. Reading makes the world better. It is how humans merge. How minds connect. Dreams. Empathy. Understanding. Escape. Reading is love in action."

–– Matt Haig (b. 1975), English author and journalist 

Source: Art Propelled December 18, 2018.

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2019 g, 2019, p. 2. 

Black History quotes: Faith Ringgold

"I don't think you can create art out of anger; it has to come out of some form of understanding. You have to feel good about who you are and that you could do something to change things." 

–– Faith Ringgold (b. 1930), American painter, textile artist, and performance artist