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Bridget Riley Famous Quotes & Sayings

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Bridget Riley quotes: I never make studies from nature. They would get in the way. I make use of my mind. I never make studies from nature. They would get in the way. I make use of my mind.
Bridget Riley quotes: In general, my paintings are multifocal. You can't call it unfocused space, but not being fixed to a single focus is very much of our time. In general, my paintings are multifocal. You can't call it unfocused space, but not being fixed to a single focus is very much of our time.
Bridget Riley quotes: Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values. Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.
Bridget Riley quotes: It is important that the painting can be inhabited, so that the mind's eye, or the eye's mind, can move about it credibly. It is important that the painting can be inhabited, so that the mind's eye, or the eye's mind, can move about it credibly.
Bridget Riley quotes: Painting is a science pursued as an enquiry into the laws of nature ... Observation is considered the key to natural science. Painting is a science pursued as an enquiry into the laws of nature ... Observation is considered the key to natural science.
Bridget Riley quotes: As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge. As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.
Bridget Riley quotes: In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.
Bridget Riley quotes: I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience. I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience.
Bridget Riley quotes: The word 'paradox' has always had a kind of magic for me, and I think my pictures have a paradoxical quality, a paradox of chaos and order in one. The word 'paradox' has always had a kind of magic for me, and I think my pictures have a paradoxical quality, a paradox of chaos and order in one.
Bridget Riley quotes: For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces. For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces.
Bridget Riley quotes: I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer. I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer.
Bridget Riley quotes: Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one. Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.
Bridget Riley quotes: I work with nature, although in completely new terms. I work with nature, although in completely new terms.