The impulse to paint comes neither from observation nor from the soul (which is probably blind) but from an encounter: the encounter between painter and model: even if the model is a mountain or a shelf of empty medicine bottles.


Adventure of painting (ed. 1995) - ISBN: 9783930717156

John Berger Quotes

The impulse to paint comes neither from observation nor from the soul (which is probably blind) but from an encounter: the encounter between painter...

The impulse to paint comes neither from observation nor from the soul (which is probably blind) but from an encounter: the encounter between painter...

The impulse to paint comes neither from observation nor from the soul (which is probably blind) but from an encounter: the encounter between painter...

The impulse to paint comes neither from observation nor from the soul (which is probably blind) but from an encounter: the encounter between painter...