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Ernst Gombrich Quotes: All artistic discoveries are discoveries not of likenesses but of equivalencies which enable us to see reality in terms of an image and an image in terms of reality.
         

All artistic discoveries are discoveries not of likenesses but of equivalencies which enable us to see reality in terms of an image and an image in terms of reality.


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Art does not copy nature - it suggests it.

Art does not copy nature - it suggests it.



All art is image making and all image making is the creation of substitutes.

All art is image making and all image making is the creation of substitutes.



The Painter must leave the beholder something to guess.

The Painter must leave the beholder something to guess.



One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it.

One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it.



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