“We are all inclined to accept conventional forms or colours as the only correct ones. Children sometimes think that stars must be star-shaped, though naturally they are not. The people who insist that in a picture the sky must be… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
It took some time before the public learned that to appreciate an Impressionist painting one has to step back a few yards, and enjoy… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
All art is image making and all image making is the creation of substitutes. — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
What an artist worries about when he plans his pictures, is something... difficult to put into words. Perhaps he would say he worries about… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
All artistic discoveries are discoveries not of likenesses but of equivalencies which enable us to see reality in terms of an image and an… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
Seeing depends on knowledge / And knowledge, of course, on your college / But when you are erudite and wise / What matters is… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
The paintings in our galleries are seen one day in bright sunshine and another day in the dim light of a rainy afternoon, yet… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned Old Masters… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
What an artist worries about as he plans his pictures, makes his sketches, or wonders whether he has completed his canvas, is something much… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it. — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
If you ask me what the world looks like to me, it looks like a painting by Pissarro. — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
