Naum Gabo Quote

More often than not, [people] expect a painting to speak to them in terms other than visual, preferably in words, whereas when a painting or a sculpture needs to be supplemented and explained by words it means either that it has not fulfilled its function or that the public is deprived of vision,


Gabo (1962) as cited in: Joseph Goguen (1999) Art and the Brain. p. 76


More often than not, [people] expect a painting to speak to them in terms other than visual, preferably in words, whereas when a painting or a...

More often than not, [people] expect a painting to speak to them in terms other than visual, preferably in words, whereas when a painting or a...

More often than not, [people] expect a painting to speak to them in terms other than visual, preferably in words, whereas when a painting or a...

More often than not, [people] expect a painting to speak to them in terms other than visual, preferably in words, whereas when a painting or a...