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'The first step in any encounter with art is to do nothing, to just watch, giving your eye a chance to absorb all that's there. We shouldn't think "This is good," or "This is bad," or "This is a Baroque picture which means X, Y, and Z." Ideally, for the first minute we shouldn't think at all. Art needs time to perform its work on us.' - P. Bringley
— Nov 04, 2025 02:19PM
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Joyce Williams
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'I have spent my hours absorbing art, but what if instead I actively wrestle with it, trying to bring all different aspects of myself to bear on the questions it raises? It seems to me that this is a worthy mission for anybody entering an art museum. After we quiet our thinking mind to experience art, we will want to switch it back on, reassert ourselves, and in that way learn even more.'
— Nov 08, 2025 08:24AM
