Artist Quote by Sidney Nolan
“One ends up with a landscape one has never seen before but it is presumably the landscape you were feeling as you started the painting.”
About This Quote
An artist’s perception at the start of creation shapes the resulting landscape, even if unseen.
In simple terms: Initial feeling guides the painting.
Key Takeaway
Trust your intuition when creating.
Themes
artistic process
perception
creativity
Mood
introspective
inspired
Type
artistic
philosophical
When to use this quote
- art creation
- creative expression
- visual arts
Key Concepts
visualization
emotional projection
painting
Questions to Reflect On
- How does feeling influence your work?
- What unseen landscapes have you imagined?
A Different Perspective
May be abstract for beginners.
![“The pleasure a man gets from a landscape would [not] last long if he were convinced a priori that the forms and colors he sees are just forms and colors, that all structures in which they play a role are purely subjective and have no relation whatsoever to any meaningful order or totality, that…” quote by Max Horkheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c04/max-horkheimer-16619_arbitrary_the-pleasure-a-man-gets-from-a-landscape_1980306.jpg)
