Giorgio Morandi quotes

“I believe that nothing can be more abstract, more unreal, than what we actually see. We know that all we can see of the objective world, as human beings, never really exists as we see and understand it. Matter exists, of course, but has no intrinsic meaning of its own, such as the meanings that we attach to it. We can know only that a cup is a cup, that a tree is a tree.”
-- Giorgio Morandi

Source : Karen Wilkin, Giorgio Morandi (1997). “Giorgio Morandi”, Rizzoli International Publications

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“Nothing is more abstract than reality.”
-- Giorgio Morandi

Source : Karen Wilkin, Giorgio Morandi (2007). “Giorgio Morandi: works, writings and interviews”, Poligrafa Ediciones Sa

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“I am essentially a painter of the kind of still life composition that communicates a sense of tranquillity and privacy, moods which I have always valued above all else.”
-- Giorgio Morandi

Source : Karen Wilkin, Giorgio Morandi (2007). “Giorgio Morandi: works, writings and interviews”, Poligrafa Ediciones Sa

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“Everything is a mystery, ourselves, and all things both simple and humble.”
-- Giorgio Morandi

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“A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life.”
-- Giorgio Morandi

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“One can travel this world and see nothing. To achieve understanding it is necessary not to see many things, but to look hard at what you do see.”
-- Giorgio Morandi

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“You cannot demonstrate your own greatness by remaining at one extreme, but by reaching out to both extremes at the same time, and filling the intermediate space.”
-- Giorgio Morandi

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“What interests me the most is expressing what's in nature, in the visible world, that is.”
-- Giorgio Morandi

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“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”

“The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to.”

“You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.”

Source : Joe Vitale (2010). “The Awakening Course: The Secret to Solving All Problems”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

“I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.”

“I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.”

“A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.”

“I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.”

“Mischief and malice grow on the same branch of the tree of evil.”

“You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.”

Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “AA Gill is Away”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

“Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.”