If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color.
Mary CassattRead
I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Art has the power to profoundly influence our perceptions and experiences in life.
In this quote, Mary Cassatt reflects on her childhood experience of being captivated by the art she encountered through a window. This moment not only transformed her understanding of art but also shaped her own artistic vision, emphasizing the ability of art to inspire and change one's perspective on life.
Themes
ArtInspirationPerceptionLife-ChangingCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
In a presentation about the impact of art on personal development, you could use this quote to illustrate how art can shape our lives.
More from Mary Cassatt
All quotes →I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to that joy for an artist?
Mary CassattRead
Similar quotes
The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points the other way, as a rule. Two blankly opposing morals, the artist's and the tale's. Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper functions of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
D. H. LawrenceRead
Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves.
Ivo AndricRead
In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.
Joni MitchellRead
Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.
Marcel ProustRead
The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.
Carl HiaasenRead
The Difference Between Art and Life is that Art is More Bearable
Charles BukowskiRead