“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” – Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry, MIT's Stata Center, 2006, Cambridge, MA, Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Category Archives: In Their Own Words
Frank Gehry, MIT's Stata Center, 2006, Cambridge, MA, Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Peplos Kore, c. 530 BCE, marble, 48
In Their Own Words: Hippocrates
“Life is short, the art long.” Hippocrates (460-370 BCE)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1890, oil on canvas, 35 x 27 in., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
In Their Own Words: William Shakespeare
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Happy Valentine’s Day from The Art Minute
John Trumbull, Thomas Jefferson, 1788, oil on panel, 4.8" x 3", The White House, Washington, DC, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
In Their Own Words: Thomas Jefferson
“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just pursuits.” Thomas Jefferson Happy Independence … Continue reading
Pablo Picasso, Mother and Child, 1921, oil on canvas, 56 1/4
In Their Own Words: Pablo Picasso
“My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.” Pablo Picasso Happy Mother’s Day from The … Continue reading
Robert Rauschenberg, Retroactive I, 1963, Oil and silkscreen ink on canvas, 84 x 60 in., Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, Photo by Mary Ellen via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.
In Their Own Words: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy Happy Thanksgiving from The Art Minute.
Anish Kapoor, C Curve, 2007, Exhibited in Brighton in 2009, Photo by Dominic Alves via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.
In Their Own Words: Anish Kapoor
“I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form.” Anish Kapoor
Edward Hopper, Gas, 1940, oil on canvas, 26 1/4 x 40 1/4", Museum of Modern Art, New York, Photo by David Churbuck via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License.
In Their own Words: Edward Hopper
“If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper
Luis Barragán, San Cristóbal Stables, Mexico City, 1968, Photo by Steve Silvermas via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License.
In Their Own Words: Luis Barragán
“I don’t divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.” Luis Barragán
Gerhard Richter, Christa and Wolfi, 1964, oil on canvas, 59 x 51 1/4 in., Art Institute of Chicago, Photo by Kent Baldner via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
In Their Own Words: Gerhard Richter
“When I paint from a photograph, conscious thinking is eliminated. I don’t know what I am doing. My work is far closer to the Informel than to any kind of ‘realism’. The photograph has an abstraction of its own, which … Continue reading
Leonardo da Vinci, The Annunciation, c. 1472, oil on panel, 38.6
In Their Own Words: Leonardo da Vinci
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” Leonardo da Vinci
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In Their Own Words: Gabriele Münter
“I think we were all more interested in being honest than in being modern.” Gabriele Münter, about the members of The Blue Rider